Hell of a mammoth thread. Time to shift to the new thread.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

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If I buy the Cakewalk SONAR Platinum Upgrade from SONAR X3 Producer from JRR here:
 
https://www.jrrshop.com/cakewalk-sonar-platinum-upgrade-from-sonar-x3-producer
 
...will it qualify for lifetime updates?   I currently own Sonar X3 Producer.
 
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No, that is the membership SKU. As stated, they have not cleaned up their site despite various requests. I would go to Sweetwater or GC who have the right price. We won't be dealing with any customer service issues due to this issue.

Thanks Andrew.  What is the right "SKU"?
 
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Great news Cakewalk...one minor detail: it's pronounced OS "Ten" ☺️

SilentMind
Is it my imagination or have some 'Rolling Updates' gone missing in all the news ? Sure I remember references to a 'Library / Media browser' updates, now gone in favour of other things. Maybe I'm just confused or getting old :D

 
The original plan was to update the entire Browser all at once. Now it's being done in sections. I believe the plug-in section is being done first.
 

Don't want to be THAT guy on the forums but none of this is of much use for my needs. Mac version will have some tough competition with Logic / Studio One etc so I dont really understand the choice.

 
There are additional aspects that hopefully will play out well over time  But I would think the opportunity for lifetime updates, and re-visiting parts of the program that need some software love, will be very beneficial for existing users.

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Thanks Andrew.  What is the right "SKU"?
 

I think we have to wait until all their pricing matches the official one from Cakewalk. I.e. upgrade from (any) Producer or Platinum would be $199. This is the link I got from the JRR mail but right now it's still the old SKUs : https://www.jrrshop.com/computer-software/daw-software/sonar-platinum?arrow=1&dir=asc&limit=all&order=news_from_date . Their mail did mention extra discount in cart, so I think that's their Group Buy discount which would bring the price down from $199 to $169.

Jari
Competition will be tough: Logic Pro $199 vs Sonar Platinum $???
I think they [Cakewalk] should (must?) lower Sonar pricing in some point to get new customers from the Mac camp.
 

[/quotI don't know,if something is good why make it the cheapest?Sonar is way better than logic,i own both.

Question that I'm not sure has been asked: will my current Sonar license work with the Mac version? I have no intentions of switching but it would be good to know.

SilkTone
Wow, what a disappointment!! A Mac version that makes absolute zero difference to me, other than knowing SONAR on PC will eventually become the second class citizen. Rolling updates that... we've had for awhile now (am I missing something? What about this is new...?). Announcement of improvements to existing features and a few new features that will be available sometime in the future. Just like we always had announcements of a new features in the past. Confused.
 
I thought I was going to be excited if I waited until June 1st to make my lifetime payment. Now I don't even feel like doing it until the offer almost expires.

I just don't get this.Sonar for PC won't become "second class".Ableton and propellerhead have versions for both OS,and they are equal in my opinion.

berlymahn

That said, this whole marketing "wait until June 1st" thing (for all us Windows-based Sonar users), now feels a bit like finding out that the super-hot blind date we've been looking forward to having sex with, is actually a guy.
 

LOL... Today's "notable quotable"!

Jim Roseberry

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Ironically, this may be changing soon as Microsoft is finally finishing up a brand new Thunderbolt audio stack which is based around USB 3.1/C and promises to greatly simplify what developers need to do to get their hardware up and running on Windowa 10 PCs.

We have true "PCIe via Thunderbolt support" (right now) under Win10.
You have to be running one of the latest Z170x or X99p chipset motherboards that supports Thunderbolt-3 via USB-C port.  It's now up the the audio interface manufacturers to create the appropriate drivers....[etc]

 
Great explanation, Jim, very helpful. The only thing I'd add is I've talked to some manufacturers of Thunderbolt interfaces who wanted to make their products available for Windows, and was told that getting the "okay" from Apple and Intel on their driverswas taking forever.