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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 15:26:19 (permalink)
I think somebody is just trying to justify passing up the Platinum Lifetime Updates.
 
This =>  http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3599281
 
I have been with Cakewalk since the Pro Audio days, and have owned every version of Sonar except for three of them.
 
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In my opinion, Cakewalk Sonar Platinum performance on Windows 10 is the best I have ever seen in a DAW.  I kind of doubt an obsolete software could perform this well on the latest Windows.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 15:37:52 (permalink)
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http://www.ericgarland.co.../gibson-rating-moodys/ I am sorry to say, it's all right here for those of you who have the will to look...



...and are still living in September, 2016 


Do you have any recent info on Moody's and S&P's appraisal of Gibson Brands? I'd have no idea where to look.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 15:43:36 (permalink)
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mtgbuyer1
http://www.ericgarland.co.../gibson-rating-moodys/ I am sorry to say, it's all right here for those of you who have the will to look...



...and are still living in September, 2016 


Do you have any recent info on Moody's and S&P's appraisal of Gibson Brands? I'd have no idea where to look.



Moody's info is for registered users, you won't be able to access it directly. Why not ask mtgbuyer1? He's apparently an expert on the subject. I'm sure he even knows what Gibson has planned for 2018 and 2019.
 
 

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 15:50:37 (permalink)
I'm asking you because your post implied the situation is very different now, even though the Moody article suggested it was unlikely to improve in the short term. It's fine if you don't know either, I just got the idea from your post that you do.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 15:55:31 (permalink)
Anderton
Moody's info is for registered users,

you can register for free but i don't think moodys have issued another rating since the one above? s&p are positive in the couple of updates this year
whatever happens to gibson i'm sure we'll still be seeing sonar around for some time

just a sec

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 15:56:15 (permalink)
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I'm asking you because your post implied the situation is very different now, even though the Moody article suggested it was unlikely to improve in the short term.



Gibson doesn't make roof tiles, this is a cyclical fashion industry and everything is subject to change. Moody's can report only on what's happened in the past, then do their best to extrapolate into the future. Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don't.
 
You might also want to look further into Eric Garland's writings about Guitar Center. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that companies whose primary source of income is big box retail are facing challenges. However, some companies have plans in place to deal with that reality. Others want to deny it. Personally, I'd bet on the companies that are making plans.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 16:06:42 (permalink)
Thanks pwalpwal.

Craig, anyone can only report on what happened in the past, nobody can look into the future. Obviously Moody's can be wrong too. But they don't give out projections for laughs, I think it's a little too easy to proclaim them conjecture and dismiss them out of hand. I also don't see how GC's troubles make the situation any better for Gibson.

I'm not too worried about Sonar either, but the report is still troubling.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 16:16:54 (permalink)
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Thanks pwalpwal.

Craig, anyone can only report on what happened in the past, nobody can look into the future. Obviously Moody's can be wrong too. But they don't give out projections for laughs, I think it's a little too easy to proclaim them conjecture and dismiss them out of hand. I also don't see how GC's troubles make the situation any better for Gibson.

I'm not too worried about Sonar either, but the report is still troubling.



If only I had a dollar for every time someone predicted Gibson's demise, I could retire. 
 
The landscape for retail is devastating at the moment. Look at JC Penny's, Sears, Staples, etc. etc. etc. Companies in the forecasting business have never faced a bigger challenge in trying to anticipate what's next. The reality is no one knows - not me, not you, not Moody's.
 
The main point I'm making is that past performance is less of an indicator of future performance than ever. The best indicator of future performance is what's happening internally within companies to cope with the changing landscape. I don't know what Sears or Guitar Center are planning; I do know what Gibson is planning, and I'm betting on it. That doesn't mean I'll be right, but it's way too early to say I'll be wrong.
 
As one example...Moody's doesn't know about the two patents I've filed on behalf of Gibson, one of which is universally applicable to telecommunications.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 16:27:28 (permalink)
It's to late, I just sold all my shares @ 1/2 price 
I bought more Apple. 

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 16:29:11 (permalink)
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If only I had a dollar for every time someone predicted Gibson's demise, I could retire. 
 

Yeah but that 7 bucks wouldn't last you long

 
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 16:43:27 (permalink)
Anderton
 
You might also want to look further into Eric Garland's writings about Guitar Center. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that companies whose primary source of income is big box retail are facing challenges. However, some companies have plans in place to deal with that reality. Others want to deny it. Personally, I'd bet on the companies that are making plans.




Last time I checked, the two Guitar Centers within 10 miles of me were still open for business.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 18:02:31 (permalink)
I've read more articles than I can count in the last few years saying that Guitar Center was doomed and would be boarded up within months. Yet, whenever I drive by my local GC, it always seems they've managed to figure out a way to keep doors open and lights on for just a few more short hours bless their hearts.
 
Does that mean the pundits are wrong? The way I see it you can pick any company on the planet and start writing articles claiming said company will be out of business in months. And if you keep saying that long enough, sooner or later you'll end up being right. You might have to say it for a couple hundred years, but sooner or later, every company folds or gets absorbed or otherwise ceases to exist.
 
 
Same with Sonar. I suppose sooner or later there will come a day when Sonar is no longer a supported product. It would be foolish to believe otherwise. I still feel pretty confident that I will realize a satisfactory amount of value for my investment in lifetime updates.

 
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 18:05:22 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Zargg 2017/05/16 18:32:20
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[font="'book antiqua', palatino; color: #003366; font-size: small"]Now, Bapu, you're just being evil (or is it "evil being"?).
 

 

Evil is in the something of the something......
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 18:08:13 (permalink)
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Well... In my Opinion for the survival of the company the "OSX New line"  will be Critical. 

I love these old-timey opinions.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 18:14:17 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby mettelus 2017/05/16 19:08:23
GC is still open for business. As is Gibson. I'm glad Craig feels confident about Gibson and I'm neither a fortune teller nor an investments expert. That doesn't mean a "junk" credit rating is something to dismiss out of hand, nor is a huge debt with an apparent failure to meet obligations, no matter what the plans are.

As I said, I'm not too worried about Sonar. I also understand how annoying it is when "outsiders" write partial truths about a company you work at, my wife has that constantly working at a high profile wind farm development project over here. I guess I just find Craig's rebuttal a bit too light on actual info.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 18:37:01 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Zargg 2017/05/16 19:11:32
FWIW-If people could predict the future then your weather man/women would always be right.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 19:19:51 (permalink)
while i'm not worried about Cakewalk anyway becuase I have no reason to not trust them (plus to be honest, I'd probably just pay anyway if I had to again since it's the center of my music life)... I did pay for a "lifetime subscription" to XM radio 14 years ago, and then when I got a new car last year they tried to tell me it was for the lifetime "of that radio" (while I of course couldn't find the original document I signed... how convenient... i did ask at the time of signing if it would stay lifetime after switching cars/radio units and they said yes)...
 
I argued for 2 straight weeks until I got them to transfer it to my new radio but they said they're not going to do it again next time. total scam. screw XM radio. that's the moral of the story.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 19:34:19 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby abacab 2017/05/16 21:31:04
FWIW, aren't moody's and S&P the ratings agencies that couldn't predict the financial collapse of 2008? And also gave AAA+ ratings to toxic assets?
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 19:53:31 (permalink)
Absolutely. And there are documented cases of being able to "buy" ratings from them.
Even so, they are still (or again?) considered authorities in credit/investment evaluation so I'm going to assume that it's not without reason. Even if they're partly BS the mere fact that many investors and banks use them to determine whether or not to invest and what kind of interest rates to charge for loans makea their opinion quite important.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 21:37:46 (permalink)
Even in the worst case, if Gibson ends up in bankruptcy court, the lawyers will probably make some deals to streamline the business and sell some assets to pay off creditors.  So maybe Cakewalk ends up somewhere else.  If it is a reliable profit center, then somebody will surely bid for it! 
 
And if not, I still can use Platinum on Win 10 until the wheels fall off.  I figure that even if I only get a year's worth of updates from Splat for life, it is a break even deal.  But I'm an optimist, and I expect to see these updates churning out for years to come! 

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/16 22:40:58 (permalink)
I  paid for a 1 year subscription to Harrowsmith Magazine which started with Issue #1 1976. At the time they offered a lifetime subscription for only something like $50. I wasn't willing to take the risk. I ended up subscribing for the first 5 years which I guess cost me $100 or more.. I see they are still publishing 41 years later.  
This is why I payed for Sonars lifetime offer with no regrets. 
I actually do have shares in Apple. Gibson? I'll put my money on companies like Taylor but they don't play the market. 
 

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/17 15:55:21 (permalink)
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I guess I just find Craig's rebuttal a bit too light on actual info.



It would be really stupid to divulge the reasons for my optimism because they are NOT public knowledge, nor should they be.

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/17 16:47:05 (permalink)
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I guess I just find Craig's rebuttal a bit too light on actual info.



It would be really stupid to divulge the reasons for my optimism because they are NOT public knowledge, nor should they be.


bit of a tease though, eh?

just a sec

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/17 17:10:39 (permalink)
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I guess I just find Craig's rebuttal a bit too light on actual info.



It would be really stupid to divulge the reasons for my optimism because they are NOT public knowledge, nor should they be.


bit of a tease though, eh?


No, this is a bit of a tease

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/17 19:10:11 (permalink)
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....what kind of interest rates to charge for loans ...

That's about it too ...
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/05/17 20:28:13 (permalink)
If they stopped the updates now Id be thankful that for the last, um 19 years ( 1998 w/ Pro Audio 8) I've used the best recording platform IMO.
 
Right now Splat does more than I need and I rarely have to post here about an issue and even then its usually on my end. I bet I only use 1/3 of its features. You almost need nothing more to make a pretty great recording.
 
I signed up for the lifetime updates the day I got the offer. I haven't been disappointed. Didn't we just get some new plugins (I haven't even used em yet) that cost about the same as the lifetime updates?
 
I feel I've been given my moneys worth. The program does what it says it will do for me.
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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/11/22 15:57:01 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby ObanTalisker 2017/11/27 11:23:43
Note to self: if it smells "off", avoid it. 
 
No matter what the so-called "experts" say. 

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/11/22 16:01:19 (permalink)
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Thanks pwalpwal.

Craig, anyone can only report on what happened in the past, nobody can look into the future. Obviously Moody's can be wrong too. But they don't give out projections for laughs, I think it's a little too easy to proclaim them conjecture and dismiss them out of hand. I also don't see how GC's troubles make the situation any better for Gibson.

I'm not too worried about Sonar either, but the report is still troubling.

I have worked in investment banking for almost 30 years.  Moody's is not known for the accuracy of forecasting.  In fact, since Moody's is principally concerned with Bond ratings, they tend to be conservative (as opposed to realistic) to illustrate the company's ability (or inability) to make principal and interest payments on their debt.  As long as that is good, there is no need for improving their outlook.  
 
Sorry.  

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/11/22 16:17:17 (permalink)
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screw XM radio. that's the moral of the story.




LOL thats what I am saying!  No.  Does "anyone" know my options for getting back on updates to get the last updates? on version 22.70 build 41 2016.07?       Is it just the $250 rolling updates? Any thoughts?

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Re: Sonar Platinum - Being retired soon ??? 2017/11/22 16:22:09 (permalink)
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