There should be an upgrade path. Checking with Celemony. When I get it, I'll sticky it.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
There should be an upgrade path. Checking with Celemony. When I get it, I'll sticky it.

is it possible to get this deal somehow even though I purchased the Assistant upgrade one hour before you made this post? =/

I think you went the upgrade path. You get assistant for 100 bucks cheaper than if you bought it from scratch.
That said, if the deal was supposed to be even better, I'm jumping on the bandwagon with you because I just plunked down 300 bucks to go to Editor.

go straight for editor... you wont regret it.

I upgraded yesterday from Assistant 2.x to Editor 2.x for $109 through AudioDeluxe.com. They are automatically applying an internal "Fall2013" coupon code once your add it to your shopping cart. Not sure how much longer this pricing will be available. The product upgrade page displays $149 but once you add the software to your shopping cart they display the lower $109 price. Couldn't resist - nabbed it.
 
BTW - Once installed, X3 loaded the new Editor version with no additional interaction from me. Works great. Now all I have left is to sit down with chips and soda and watch some Melodyne editor videos.

musicroom - that looks like "assistant" to "editor" upgrade.
 
Still - the "essentials" to editor upgrade comes out to $209, which isn't bad...

Well there is a cheaper upgrade path
 
According to the celemony webshop:

• Upgrade to Melodyne Editor € 299
• Upgrade to Melodyne Assistant € 99 + Upgrade from Melodyne Assistant to Melodyne Editor € 199 = € 298

Saves €1

Just go to audiodeluxe
 
I sprung for $209 - I don't think we'll get much of a better deal than that...

You should be getting information about an upgrade in the next few days directly from Celemony.

mudgel
Presonus provided Melodyne Easential when they releases their first.version with ARA. There was never any special deal from Celemony. Lets face it, Cakewalk has given us a $100 discount to get.into whatever version you want. Incidentally, Melodyne is not a straight.swap for VVocal. If you have essential you can still use vvocal for what it offers.

Not sure what you mean by "special deal" but Celemony did offer a discount for a limited time to the Editor upgrade for S1 users. I checked my records and it was indeed $150 as I purchased it.