Elffin
If a deadline was given ... they should stick with it... thats the only reason I purchased the lifetime update.

 Part of the inquiry was will there be a lifetime update option. Let's say it's $199 but $398 after that. Those are what I'm about.

kitekrazy1

kennywtelejazz
This question has become the pebble in my shoe that just wont go away no matter how many times I stop , take the shoe off , and toss the pebble . The Pebble  just keeps reappearing in my shoe and it keeps causing me a foot blister
 
When Cakewalk announced that deal I had a feeling that I may be S .O. L. on being able to pull the trigger during the deals time window ...
I have been saving up to meet an additional financial deadline that starts Sep 1st and comes to a close in Oct ....
My new drivers license , 2 cars registrations , Smog inspections w possible repairs ,  6 months up front on my Auto and Apt insurance , new yearly dog tags for the pooch , my license to pack , and a freaking partridge in a pear tree the last one was for a dramatic relief  
This outlay totals out  close to 12 to 13 hundred minimum  above and outside of my normal monthly expenses...
 
Sorry Cakewalk , as much as I would like to just buy my upgrade right now I can't , I have no wiggle room on the time line concerning the above mentioned responsibility's... 
I am being forced into having to chose to take a calculated risk and play the hand I have been dealt ...
If you happen to decide you want to throw me a bone and give me the opportunity to spread out the 199 over a couple of months starting from anytime from right now I'm in ...if that is not possible
I'm gonna be OK w no hard feelings since that's the hand I was dealt ....
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny
 
 
 

 I can relate.  $1100+ for emission work.  At the same time it may be a blessing to learn to be content and go for having no debt. Sonar is not my main DAW but if possible I would fork over $199. 

I'm glad you get it..
Yes it is a tough one for sure ...just got done with a round of unexpected car repairs last month myself ...
As far as having no debt ...Yup that's how I roll knock on wood ...hope it stays that way
 
 

kitekrazy1

kennywtelejazz
This tread is relevant for those still sitting on the fence concerning  the SPlat all in Lifetime upgrade .
At the very least since the clock is ticking , it may serve as a wake up reminder .
 
Kenny

 Not so much as in what is their future plans of lifetime updates.  I'm not on the fence. My answer has to be no.  What if it becomes a part of Sonar where a lifetime upgrade is $299 or there is no upgrade other than a new license without an upgrade discount and call it Sonar Lifetime Edition.
 
 I know some are desperately trying to turn this into a rant or complaint. My curiosity is where are they going with this.
 
 "Cakewalk can do whatever they want to do , I'm OK with that."   I don't get this at all.  The largest group on that bandwagon are those who don't even use Sonar.
 
 Once again it is not a rant or complaint.
 
 

Well , I only meant that post within the context that the deal is still on ...who know what the future may bring .
 
As far as my thoughts and feelings regarding Cakewalk can do what ever it want's to do ...I'm OK with that ...
 
A couple of things , let me start with the forum first ...some of the most heated exchanges I've seen here on the forum involve  people that don't work for Cakewalk telling Cakewalk exactly how they should be running their  company 
I don't know , lets just say my feeling is if a person is so gifted why not start their own company , run it the way they  see fit and just be done with it .......is that so far fetched a concept ? ...
 
My comment in proper context regarding the use of SONAR , I use SONAR ...
Home Studio 2 was my personal introduction to a Cakewalk DAW and my first non tape , or non  HD digital recorder .
As far as whether I use SONAR today yes I do use SONAR as much as I can , I know it better than all the other programs I have ...
My approach has always been as a player first....Those skills and keeping them sharp  are not platform dependent
In secret  I constantly wrestle with the feeling that  I'm sort of like  a jack of all DAW's and a maser of none ....
 
Kenfucius say it is better for man to make joke about his Imaginary limitations (the ones he can change ) in public and laugh out loud among friends than hide joke silently even from himself and wonder in secret who laughs and snickers behind his back 
 
hang tight bro ,,
 
Kenfucius  
 

I maybe talking at cross purposes. My understanding is that the lifetime option is available after August, but it's the special offer that won't be. It's the special 'Introductory' offer that I'm referring to.

Kamikaze
I maybe talking at cross purposes. My understanding is that the lifetime option is available after August, but it's the special offer that won't be. It's the special 'Introductory' offer that I'm referring to.

Cake announced :
Act now! Lifetime Updates are available for purchase only until August 31st, 2016"
 
Lifetime updates for purchase are available only til August,
not the special price.
So it is obvious that the lifetime updates offer disappears after August 16

My question is asking what are their future plans?
 
It's not a rant that many are working very hard push in that direction. I will probably have to copy and paste this over and over.
 
None of us know other than useless speculation.  I'd like to hear it from representatives.

Part of the major motivation in buying the "Lifetime Upgrades" is the risk that the clock could run out on August 31st and we may never see a deal like this again.  Giving information about what their plans are after August 31st could remove some of this motivation.   So I am thinking you will probably have to wait until after August 31st to see what their plans are.

I purchased my lifetime update on May 25th. Not only haven't I gotten any updates, but Sonar is no longer listed under my account. Sent a note to Support.  Still waiting to hear something.  Anything.

irgroup1
I purchased my lifetime update on May 25th. Not only haven't I gotten any updates, but Sonar is no longer listed under my account. Sent a note to Support.  Still waiting to hear something.  Anything.

Hi, and welcome to this forum. How did you install SONAR? Have you tried to logout and back in again in CCC, or your Cakewalk account? My account changed the day I made the payment. Have you tried to do an offline activation?
All the best.

Zargg71
 
Hi, and welcome to this forum. How did you install SONAR? Have you tried to logout and back in again in CCC, or your Cakewalk account? My account changed the day I made the payment. Have you tried to do an offline activation?
All the best.

Yes, I tried both of those things.  I've even re-booted my machine.  I have not tried an offline activation.  I don't know what that is, but it seems to me if the product were active, "My Account" would reflect that since it's separate from my machine.

@irgroup and BrianKW...
 
You guys should start your own threads or just PM one of the Bakers here to get their eyeballs on it.
 
Not trying to be a forum cop. Just saying that your posts are likely to get buried in this rather strange thread and not get the attention needed... despite Ken's helpful efforts.
 
Good luck.
 
PS: Supposedly Cakewalk are trying to work out some fixes to the current support woes so don't lose hope yet.

MArwood
Hey Kenny - I upgraded to Splat VERY late!  That is what allowed me to get life for $99.  Did you check to see what your price would be?  The later you upgraded the more likely you are to be in the 99 category.
 

Hi MArwood ,
 
It is always a pleasure to talk with you , I'm genuinely happy for you that you got the deal you got ....
 
Like you I upgraded to SPlat very late !...
My Splat upgrade happened in December of 2015 , so I still have a few months left on it ....
Yes , I have checked my account while logged in and my upgrade price to Lifetime is set at $199 ...
 
As far as wishing my price  was lower , Yes it may be a wish I may hold , but in all honesty I feel Cakewalk has been very good to me over the years as far as pricing goes this may be a lot of info for people to digest but I'm gonna state it anyway..
 
 
How could I possibly be upset with The Cakewalk pricing structure ? I'm not like a fanboy or anything, but lets face it ...the truth
 
I ran SONAR 6 PE in XP from around 2006 up until October of 2013 when I upgraded to X3 PE ..
I was able to finally upgrade my SONAR 6 to X3 only due to having purchased a brand new Win 8 computer  ....
I happen to honestly feel that Cakewalk was very fair to me because even though I had missed many versions of SONAR ...ex.....7 , 8 , X1 , X2 .
When it came to my pricing for my upgrade from SONAR 6 to SONAR X3 , The fact is , it was a low two hundred price point of reentry to become current ...
I kicked in an extra 30 bucks  because I wanted to have the X 3 install discs ....
 
I'm speaking to the general populace when I say this  ....
Cakewalk at that time gave me a smoking deal ...they could have stuck it to me real hard on pricing  ...they didn't ...
All this even after 6 or 7 years ! ....what do I have to complain about ? folks , sorry about the history lesson ,
 
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 

kennywtelejazz
This question has become the pebble in my shoe that just wont go away no matter how many times I stop , take the shoe off , and toss the pebble . The Pebble  just keeps reappearing in my shoe and it keeps causing me a foot blister
 
When Cakewalk announced that deal I had a feeling that I may be S .O. L. on being able to pull the trigger during the deals time window ...
I have been saving up to meet an additional financial deadline that starts Sep 1st and comes to a close in Oct ....
My new drivers license , 2 cars registrations , Smog inspections w possible repairs ,  6 months up front on my Auto and Apt insurance , new yearly dog tags for the pooch , my license to pack , and a freaking partridge in a pear tree the last one was for a dramatic relief  
This outlay totals out  close to 12 to 13 hundred minimum  above and outside of my normal monthly expenses...
 
Sorry Cakewalk , as much as I would like to just buy my upgrade right now I can't , I have no wiggle room on the time line concerning the above mentioned responsibility's... 
I am being forced into having to chose to take a calculated risk and play the hand I have been dealt ...
If you happen to decide you want to throw me a bone and give me the opportunity to spread out the 199 over a couple of months starting from anytime from right now I'm in ...if that is not possible
I'm gonna be OK w no hard feelings since that's the hand I was dealt ....
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny
 
 
 

I'm pretty much in the same boat. It would be nice if they'd extend the deadline a couple of months.

Kamikaze

kitekrazy1
Selfish response again.  Why would anyone care? I could understand that if a few months later it was offered for $179.  Stay away from gaming. You will live a miserable like when you buy the 1st release with lame DLC and everyone else picks it up at 60% off and a season pass.  I can't believe someone would react like this.   

What are you on about gaming? I don't know what you are talking about
 
What do you mean why would anyone care. I'm not saying anyone should care about my circumstance, I'm just saying why it would bother me if I risked my situation, took a gamble on what seems like a one off offer, but wasn't.
 
Sounds like your being the selfish one. Maybe you'd be bothered when you haven't taken the opportunity then felt unfair that I did, and don't have the choice to. Even though you did.
 
The representatives don't really explain much on here, haven't you noticed?

Nope you responses were selfish. It's plain to see.  You also want to push this in another direction as a rant.  Mine was nothing but an inquiry.  Haven't you noticed?

Bflat5

kennywtelejazz
This question has become the pebble in my shoe that just wont go away no matter how many times I stop , take the shoe off , and toss the pebble . The Pebble  just keeps reappearing in my shoe and it keeps causing me a foot blister
 
When Cakewalk announced that deal I had a feeling that I may be S .O. L. on being able to pull the trigger during the deals time window ...
I have been saving up to meet an additional financial deadline that starts Sep 1st and comes to a close in Oct ....
My new drivers license , 2 cars registrations , Smog inspections w possible repairs ,  6 months up front on my Auto and Apt insurance , new yearly dog tags for the pooch , my license to pack , and a freaking partridge in a pear tree the last one was for a dramatic relief  
This outlay totals out  close to 12 to 13 hundred minimum  above and outside of my normal monthly expenses...
 
Sorry Cakewalk , as much as I would like to just buy my upgrade right now I can't , I have no wiggle room on the time line concerning the above mentioned responsibility's... 
I am being forced into having to chose to take a calculated risk and play the hand I have been dealt ...
If you happen to decide you want to throw me a bone and give me the opportunity to spread out the 199 over a couple of months starting from anytime from right now I'm in ...if that is not possible
I'm gonna be OK w no hard feelings since that's the hand I was dealt ....
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny
 
 
 

I'm pretty much in the same boat. It would be nice if they'd extend the deadline a couple of months.

Yes I have to admit it , this is certainly a tough one
 
I'm not gonna tread lightly with what I'm gonna say next ....I will be as tactful and diplomatic as I can be ...
 
I honestly wish when Cakewalk announced the 3 month time line for the Lifetimes update deal that they would have given the folks that may have been strapped for fluid disposable cash the opportunity to get in on the deal in the beginning in a way which they could have handled it comfortably .,
 
It would have been nice to have been offered a 3 part payment option , one payment for each month ....
A payment for June , a payment for July , and a payment for August .....or get it done w 2 payments what ever 
 
This could have been a win win for all the different " levels of the customers " and maybe even Cakewalk 
Here's the Logic behind my thoughts on this  ....
 
The "upper echelon" customers that "were the most loyal " that had the money to jump on board could pay for the Lifetime upgrade with the absolute confidence that the offer itself was indeed an exclusive loyalty offer
( which it still is BTW if you got the bling )
The customers that were not as fluid financially due to what ever their particular circumstances in life may have been could have still felt as if they were a loyal customer had they been given the opportunity to jump on the deal in a way where they could meet their financial responsibility's in life and still get in on the deal paid for within the allotted financial time frame of June through August 31 st      
 
Once again I like repeating myself please bear in mind that I am still speaking from the Limited time frame of the offer ...
June through August 31 st .....
 
SONAR users  from both customer Loyalty camps would have not lost a thing
Why ? because regarding the cost and timeline of the upgrade there would be nothing to fight about.
Disclaimer ....I'm only discussing the upgrade price not what may or may not be in the future regarding SONAR and features 
Guys like Bapu , Dan and others who jumped early because they could ,
IMHO are righteous enough people , it is my  hope that would not be upset with guys like me who would have paid the coin within the allotted time frame ..June ,  to August 31 st had I been given the opportunity to have been able to have done so ....   
 
FWIW, I would have been happy to pay a couple of dollars a month service fee for the added book keeping involved  .
At my listed upgrade price of $199 I would have been happy to pay $75 dollars a month , that would have made the gross upgrade price I would have paid total at  $225 dollars . I would have been totally happy to have put the extra $26 dollars service expense on my upgrade gross ...
 
I'm not saying all this because I like to hear the sound of my gums flapping in the breeze .....I'm saying all this because it is very possible that some people are not gonna be all that thrilled with what I'm gonna say next ...
 
I do hope I'm wrong with what I'm about to say next ...ssshh K..  you know that's....total BS
 
Come September 1 st after all the dust has settled and this thread is long gone .
I would be willing to bet that somebody that works for Cakewalk that lives to crunch numbers may have a passing thought while they are sipping their morning cup off coffee in their Official Cakewalk coffee mug .... 
A possible variation of the thought 
"I wonder how many more Lifetime memberships we could have sold during our June  to August 31 st customer Loyalty Promotion had we given an additional option to some of our loyal members that wanted to upgrade to Lifetime but they needed to do a few  payments within the promotions time line to get it done.  "
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny