I would like my new intern to have SONAR on his own machine so he can get up to speed faster.  There is only so much time we can spend on learning the software while he is here (typically during sessions).
 
What would be the best way (other than full retail) of going about this?  When I sign onto the Cakewalk store it only offers me upgrades.  That's not going to work since he does not have a Cakewalk product on his machine.
Ideally, I'd own the license and either uninstall the software from his machine  if/when he moves on,  or he would have the option to purchase it.  I know this is currently not an option, but would be a great way for Cakewalk to find more users.
 
I have Producer, but would not want to have to purchase that for him ($$$).  Would he still get enough of the functionality with Essential?
 
Thanks!
 
Steven

Is he a student at some recognized institution by any chance ? Sonar offers a special price for students which is really attractive. Talk to some local Roland dealer about the options.

Paul P


Is he a student at some recognized institution by any chance ? Sonar offers a special price for students which is really attractive. Talk to some local Roland dealer about the options.

Good point!  He is indeed a student (taking an audio engineering course).
 
Thanks,
 
Steven

^^^
What Paul said but you might email/call the sales group directly. Also the Studio and Essential packages are very reasonably priced and offer most of the functionality of Sonar itself - no softsynths and IIRC no Pro Channel

Phooey.  Not much cheaper than just buying it from Sweetwater.

Also as an afterthought have you considered doing the 30 day trial? That would give the intern a fairly good periord to get up to speed. Just a thought.

Regards,

miguelito


Also as an afterthought have you considered doing the 30 day trial? That would give the intern a fairly good periord to get up to speed. Just a thought.

Regards,

Actually...
 
You can download the trial which will give him 30 days full use.
After 30 days, he can then download the trial which will give him another 30 days.
 
So you end up with 60 days of free use without purchase.
You could then spend a little money on Sonar videos so he'll get up to speed really quickly.
 
 
 

miguelito


^^^
What Paul said but you might email/call the sales group directly. Also the Studio and Essential packages are very reasonably priced and offer most of the functionality of Sonar itself - no softsynths and IIRC no Pro Channel

email/call the sales group directly

 
Thanks, Mike.  That sounds like the best approach. 
 
 

doing the 30 day trial

 
If I do nothing else, yes, I should have them get the 30-day trial. 
Thanks again!

Well... it can be installed on multiple machines. I mean that's pushing the license agreement and perhaps breaking it but if it's your studio and he's doing your work that's kind of like having an extra machine affiliated with your studio.

Kind of a morality dilemma more than anything.