Total expected to pay on monthly: $15 x 12 = $180
Represented by:
Amount paid: $15 x 5 = $75
Total no longer payable $15 * 7 = $105
Total due for perpetuity: $199
Equals total for this year of $180 - 105 + 199 = 75 + 199 = $274.
 
Total expected to pay on annual (full price) $199 x 1
Represented by:
Months consumed: $199/12 x 5 = $82.92
Months remaining: $199/12/ x 7 =  $116.08
Total due for perpetuity: $99
Equals total for this year of $199 + $99 = $298
 
So the real difference here is not between the models, but the fact that there was an incentive earlier in the year to get on the annual program. Dreamstation has a point if the retrospective special price is taken into account, but that is not the actual price for the product - the actual price is $199, and the intrinsic value remaining in the subscription, regardless of what was paid for it, is $199/7 assuming 7 months remain.

I also decided to go for the lifetime updates. Seems like a bargain to me :)
 
Anyway, having purchased it do I have to download anything or will it just work for any future updates?
I only ask as it only shows Sonar Platinum under "my products" on my account and also CCC doesn't show any changes. Sonar itself also doesn't state "with lifetime updates" anywhere.
 
Is this normal?
 
Thanks in advance.

AlanPerkins
I am not sure why the monthly payers feel they are being unfairly treated. The presumed the discount for annual subscribers isn't because of the months already consumed, it is for the months they have paid for that they have not consumed. Otherwise there would be double dipping. The perpetual license is for all future months, including those already covered by the upfront annual fee. Hence the reduction. Monthly subscribers have not paid anything in advance. 

Tend to disagree, because then they would not require you to have started with Plat AND renewed. I also paid until December, but I still have to pay $199 for the lifetime. The $99 is purely a loyalty offer, and that's fine by me.

OK , let me ask this again .
 
Is there any documentation for SONAR OSX Alpha for Mac besides the announcement ?
Also ,
What versions of the Mac operating system is SONAR OSX Alpha gonna be compatible with and how far back will the OS compatibility go ?
 
thank you in advance ,
 
Kenny

Runs off floppy disc on System 7 only.

John T
Runs off floppy disc on System 7 only.

don't quit your day gig ....
 
Hey Bro I really want to know , I cant wait to ditch the Focusrite and use my Apogee audio interface in SONAR
 
Kenny

They did say, I think in the CakeTV video, that initially during the Alpha test phase, it will only support interfaces that are Core Audio compatible. But that's about all the information to date, I think.

John T
They did say, I think in the CakeTV video, that initially during the Alpha test phase, it will only support interfaces that are Core Audio compatible. But that's about all the information to date, I think.

Is this is the video that you are referring to ?,

They never mentioned what different versions of the Mac operating systems SONAR OSX Alpha for Mac will be compatible with ...
In Windows I run Win 10 64 bit . On Mac I'm running about what the equivalent of what Win 7 would be ...
The interface I mentioned before is core audio only .
 
Kenny

While I cannot say for certain which OSes will be supported, I would use the RPro system requirements as a guide.

Let's see:
 
Under the older scheme, I would have paid:
 
$149 for Platinum upgrade when it came out
$199 for Next Year for which I would have had several months left.
= $348 until the end of my 2nd year with more $199 annual payments to follow.
 
The way it worked out:
 
$149 for Platinum upgrade when it came out
$ 99  for Next year (nice discount)
$ 99 to push to unending updates.
 
= $346 but no longer have to pay for updates until I crash or Cakewalk goes out of business.
 
I'm pleased that spending an equivalent amount of money over 2 years gets me more in the end. If Sonar goes away for whatever business reasons, it would have happened anyway under both schemes.
 
Having a Mac version will probably be a bonus for the company because no Mac users can now run Sonar other than through the clunky PC emulation path. I think there will be a large influx of Mac users initially and if Sonar performs as well as it does for PC users on the Mac, it should take hold.