I am a registered user of SONAR X3 Producer. I want to give SONAR as a gift to a friend/business associate. I am not sure if I want to give the full producer version or some other lower level of SONAR or even Music Creator. 
 
My question is: Can I login to my Cakewalk account and order one of these versions and get some kind of "upgrade" discount since I legally have purchased the X3 license? Can a person buy more than one upgrade?
 
Any thoughts?

No. One upgrade per license. A new user must start with a retail version. Of course, those are on sale. It may be easiest to purchase from a third party vendor and give the new user the redemption code if it is a download or box of disks. Then they can redeem the code and register as a new user.

Sonar X3 is selling at Guitar Center and Sweetwater for $59.00 now. I expect it will allow your friend to upgrade for a good discount when the X4 versions come out if he likes the basic X3.

As mentioned in another thread about giving software as gifts:
It would be great to be able to buy downloadable plugins and other software as a gift to "third persons".
In my opinion there is clearly a rather big marketing possibility totally neglected.
All software isn't even available as hard copies anymore.

Just a note about new customers buying SONAR. It used to be that when buying initially it had to be bought form a vendor outside of Cakewalk. But it seems Cakewalk is selling to new customer, now. Here's the link: http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=10-CXSP3.00-35E
 
But if Guitar Center and Sweetwater is selling the full version to first time purchasers for $59, I don't think that can be beat. Direct whoever you wanted to buy a copy of SONAR for to that great sale price.

Hmmm, wait a minute... I checked that link and found these:
 
New customer X3 Basic - $69
http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=10-CXSR3.00-35E
 
X3 Producer Upgrade - $159
http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=10-CXSP3.00-30E
 
Total - $228 (which is $121 cheaper than the post above).
 
For a new customer to get X3 Producer for $228 is a steal.
 

Or from Sweetwater
X3 Download - $59
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SonarX3e
X3 Producer Upgrade Download - $159.60
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SonarX3PupAS
 
Total - $218.60
 
The product is delivered as two redemption codes used here http://www.cakewalk.com/Redeem to the get the products. The codes can be given away as gifts. The same process can be used to give an upgrade to an existing SONAR user.

Thank you for the input. I figured I wouldn't be able to purchase more than one upgrade, but I had to ask. I will get the $59 SONAR X3 from Sweetwater. I will be working a lot with this band and thought it would behoove us all if they started making their own demos before coming to me for the final recording.  Having them work with SONAR will make things easy for compatibility. So it will be my gift to them.
 
Happy Thanksgiving!

That's a pretty good idea.
You'll probably save more than $60's worth of your time in the long haul.

Jeff M.
That's a pretty good idea.
You'll probably save more than $60's worth of your time in the long haul.

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