lludwick
I'm not sure, but I think all who have Platinum should be getting emails probably starting today. I received the offer several weeks ago because they did a test offer to see how well it would be received. When I upgraded to Lifetime, I saw my end date was in the year 2037. Today I looked and my end date was "infinity" ... that is the infinity symbol.
 

And what the heck are we supposed to do after Infinity? Move to Pro Tools?? ;-)

I'm sure these new features are exciting for many (and I'm very surprised, and very glad, to see Take management and comping enhancements being listed).
 
BUT........when will longstanding bugs in basic operations be fixed? The track folder open/close button has been broken since the introduction of X3, track/clip automation has some obvious bugs, etc. etc.

I think Cake should make a separate thread for people with payment problems.  Most of the 40+ pages of post in the big thread are individual requests about their payment prices.  They should have a place to get in touch, while other, general topics should stay on those.
 
@  

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

Revrat

 
Yes, if you log in you will see that we are only charging you the difference in price from $199 and what you paid earlier this year. We sent out emails to folks like you a couple of weeks ago. So because you renewed, you would pay $99. Just log in to the store and you will see your price.

I'm not seeing any special pricing reflecting that I recently upgraded to Platinum nor did I get any advance email. though I seem to get all other emails regarding updating the product I recently upgraded to.




This is for people who upgraded last year and then renewed this year. So they are on the second cycle. I see you just upgraded for the first time earlier this year. 



ok. Leaves little incentive for me to pay additional money now that would in effect include what I already paid for 3 months ago. I don't see the reason for only including people on a second renew. Would I be seeing a discount at the end of my ownership next year?

 

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

einstein36
Here's a question for you Andrew,
with two different code bases now for Sonar, you guys are not going to get distracted by one or the other and give only a half attempt in continuing updates, fixes for either code base will you??

As Noel mentioned in his SOS interview, the code bases for different OSes is not an issue that should deter development. One of the big announcements here is our commitment to improving core features that have not been working as expected. We plan on tackling these issues this year. A Mac OS X version will not mean you should expect less Windows development. Have you seen what's coming for this year? :) 
 
And there will be other things coming down the road as well. 

That's good to hear......I know this means you guys are going to have to hire more programmers, etc. which in turns means spending more money, but I just don't want to see the pc version go the wayside:).....
I have been a user of Cakewalk's since version 2.0 DOS version....
man...that just shows my age LOL
 

PilotGav

Soundwise
Excellent marketing, bravo!

I respectfully disagree. :-)

It was genius. They had generated enormous traffic, drawn a lot of attention from existing user base, put inactive users back on the list and many users have upgraded their subscription. All that was done with just 1 announcement about ... well another announcement. I'm pretty confident Cake can eventually beat any other company in the marketing department. Pure genius!

I think this is all great. Enough folk have asked about a Mac version, Apple seems to be de-emphasizing Logic, and I've seen lots of Mac peeps (DP and Logic users) see SONAR and go "wow!" Good job.
 
The lifetime updates? People who are crying poverty are nuts. This investment pays for itself in 9 months. FOR THE REST OF THE PRODUCT LIFE. It's the best bargain I've ever seen.
 
And the upcoming features? Wow! We were JUST discussing ripple editing two weeks ago. Console 1 integration also came up in a thread just weeks ago. Quick swiping? I'm actually quite excited about this.
 
So to me this news is all great. I just hope the Mac version ramps up very quickly, I'm going overseas in a month and I'd love to work on tunes in SONAR on my MacBook Pro instead of Ableton.
 

colinjamieson
Is Cakewalk commitment to a minimum remaining lifespan of Sonar on Windows?

Good question.  I bought a "lifetime" license for Playon software, and after a few years they added some features and called it something else that you then had to buy again.  I am not saying that will happen here, but some lifespan commitment would be nice.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

einstein36
Here's a question for you Andrew,
with two different code bases now for Sonar, you guys are not going to get distracted by one or the other and give only a half attempt in continuing updates, fixes for either code base will you??

As Noel mentioned in his SOS interview, the code bases for different OSes is not an issue that should deter development. One of the big announcements here is our commitment to improving core features that have not been working as expected. We plan on tackling these issues this year. A Mac OS X version will not mean you should expect less Windows development. Have you seen what's coming for this year? :) 
 
And there will be other things coming down the road as well. 

I'll take your word for it Andrew.  My experience with other companies has been something of the opposite.   I moved to Cakewalk (version 4 I think) after Logic decided to drop the PC platform.  I also used MOTU hardware, and they were constantly boogering things up on the PC to  make the product more Mac-friendly.  

Hi Guys,
 
Maybe its because I am British, but with all the "High Fivein'" and  stuff I have become sooooo confused in a very short time.
 
In the comments above this post you have quoted the upgrade price to the Lifetime offer for  a gentleman with existing software as $99. I purchased Platinum in March and was expecting to renew sometime around then and there used to be a renewal price on your shop page. Now that is gone and my option to take on the offer is to "upgrade" to software I have already? 
 
And the cost to do so is £174. That's two hundred and fifty dollars.
 
So if I want to take your offer up I need to expend $250
 
How does that compare with the $99 ?
 
Any chance you could put all of the cost options up so we can assess the value of your offer and how much the lifetime renewal actually is?
 
Many thanks
 
Marko
Entertaining the few since 1962