sergiosimoes
If I let my platinum subscription expires, will I lose the option to buy the Lifetime Updates for $199 until Aug, 31?

No, the offer is good until Aug. 31 even if you let your membership expire.

Hey, thanks for the fast answer scook.
I'll buy it in August then
 

My question to Cakewalk (which they probably won't / can't answer)... What are the general future plans for Sonar? How long are they planning to update / support Sonar? That is the only way to define how good of a deal this is for their long-time users... Without quantifying this, I'm having a lot of trouble getting excited about this offer. If in two years they put Sonar to bed and roll out their new flagship DAW, this won't seem anything more than a Kickstarter for a Mac Sonar version.

I don't have an issue paying for additional content but what is the expected lifespan of Sonar?

bsantini99
I for one am not buying into this money grab to support MAC development. Part of your money will go toward this and not toward updating Sonar PC. I am not giving these guys $199 of my money without seeing what I am getting.

Here is what I could think off. I dont think they are stupid to announce Sonar OS X Alpha comming this fall without having the funds in hand. The money grab you are taking about. Of all the speculations I have heard. The best I could speculate is its going to the developement of the upcomming features. Cakewalk is trying to pace up the developement to make sonar look great for the mac release. Thats the best I cound speculate after thinking of all the possibilities and all the speculations in threads. That's the commitement to awesomeness they are proposing. How great these will come up largely depends of how sucessfull the Sonar4Live is for them. 

Hey I bought the lifetime updates but I also have sonar Platinum loaded on the computer. Do I need to download anything from clever Bridge or just the fact that I purchased it means that my version is in the loop? Thank you.

WSS

Similar thread http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3429834
If you were paying monthly do not forget to cancel that program using the link provided in one of your previous bills or https://www.cakewalk.com/My-Account/Membership

I think I paid for the year.
Still have to cancel and recently up?
WSS

The monthly payment plan has no term. If you are on that plan, regardless of whether you take advantage of the lifetime updates currently offered, switch to the old one-time payment plan or just want cancel your membership, you would need to cancel the plan.
 
If you previously purchased SONAR with the one-time payment plan and just purchased the lifetime updates, there is nothing to cancel.

Blades
Beware: Long post is a comin'...it's not a bunch of negative complaining though, so if you have a few minutes of reading time, I'd appreciate your ear/eyes and input.
 
 
How the heck am I going to even find the things that are new, let alone learn them?
 .......
This early-morning post has been coming for quite some time and I've just finally had a chance to sit down and write.  So I'm sure it is a lot of rambling on a lot of topics, but I feel like I must be thinking some of the same things as many who have been around these forums for a long time as I have.  I welcome any feedback anyone has about any of this.  I'm likely to take advantage of this lifetime opportunity, but I sure would enjoy the encouragement!

If you are on X3, go to audiodeluxe.com and add the upgrade to Plat from any producer to your cart.  The deal is better than $199.  
 
At your state, this should be more of a no-brainier than for most people, since you are getting all of the added functionality of the last 18 months in one swoop and getting everything going forward.
 
No way you will use everything.  But you say drums is a weak spot for you...doing the upgrade with give you 3 more AD kits, 3 more add packs and 3 set pieces.  Buying that outside of this upgrade would actually cost more.  
 
Then you get things like drum replacer, which you might not use.
 
Personally the added Rematrix Reverb was a really nice bonus to me and takes almost no time to start applying it to your mixes.
 
They have just now added the much upgrades EQ and Comp mastering plugins.  You can run this in non-liner mode as more normal plugs as well.  There are a couple short videos on them that should give you enough to start using them in 10 minutes.  
 
Mix recall is pretty useful, which you don't have.  
 
You also get the lite version of Rapture Pro, if you need more good quality synth sounds.  
 
Keep in mind that this purchase also gives you some future proof on the product.  Some windows update might mess up X3 at some point.  Having the lifetime solves that problem.  
 
You can look at the rolling updates to see what you are going to get.  Like you said, only the drum production video and the Loops and kick start pack that were put out for a particular release will not be included.  
 
I've found that Platinum actually has better support for some 32bit plugs when working in 64bit mode.  This alone may have saved me some upgrade costs.  
 
The new Tempo Mapping with Melodyne 4 is HUGE if you like to play live without using a click track.  For some of us, that is revolutionary.  

bsantini99
I for one am not buying into this money grab to support MAC development. Part of your money will go toward this and not toward updating Sonar PC. I am not giving these guys $199 of my money without seeing what I am getting. 

Most of the development is clearly already done.  As they have said, it already works on a MAC, it just needs more work.  
 
The plan is also that the MAC version will also increase their customer base which will give them even more money to develop the PC product to.
 
This is exactly the kind of thing I want to support, even though I do not like MACs.  It is smart business plain and simple.  Long term plan.  
 
If you are paying $199 that also means you are on an older version, which means you do know some of what you would be getting.