I got the email too... sounds promising and exciting... looking forward to more announcements that are expected on June 01st 2016.
 
Cheers to music making... 

joakes
Current store lifetime upgrade states 225.78 Euros, is that correct - exchange rates dollar/euro are normally the other way round, or are we talking VAT here ?

I think it's VAT. My price is €188.15 + 21% VAT. It very much looks like yours is the same price + 20% VAT. That €188.15 seems in line with $199.99.
 
EDIT: am also wondering what the business rationale is. Regular SPlat yearly subscription is apparently $149.99 so lifetime is hardly more expensive. 

Opted in, but I have rather bad feeling about what CW is going to deliver. This year we have got so far:
* drop of phone support (since CW is reading this thread... do you know that it is not possible to schedule call back, right? )
* SONAR self de-authorizing
* bad written 2 master plug-ins
* redundant button to add tracks
* simplified way to submit material to one online mastering service
I know that many users are excited by this list, I am not
 

Whoah.. I was still browsing through that link you sent and ended up paying for it. Not entirely unhappy, but give a little "Are You Sure"? option maybe?

LJB
Whoah.. I was still browsing through that link you sent and ended up paying for it. Not entirely unhappy, but give a little "Are You Sure"? option maybe?

Doesn't it just work like any other webshop ? When you click buy, it's added to your Shopping Cart. You then still need to go Checkout before you actually are buying it. So I don't see how you can accidentally buy it.

Rocsee70

joakes
Current store lifetime upgrade states 225.78 Euros, is that correct - exchange rates dollar/euro are normally the other way round, or are we talking VAT here ?

I think it's VAT. My price is €188.15 + 21% VAT. It very much looks like yours is the same price + 20% VAT. That €188.15 seems in line with $199.99.
 
EDIT: am also wondering what the business rationale is. Regular SPlat yearly subscription is apparently $149.99 so lifetime is hardly more expensive. 

The devil is in the detail and what constitutes the core features. I suspect one will still have to pay for additional "non core" features (third party applications, VSTis, Pro Channel modules etc.) making the choice far from straightforward, I am sitting tight until June 1st. 

Glyn Barnes
The devil is in the detail and what constitutes the core features. I suspect one will still have to pay for additional "non core" features (third party applications, VSTis, Pro Channel modules etc.) making the choice far from straightforward, I am sitting tight until June 1st. 

Correct. Personally I always liked that I got several 'freebies' in the past like VSTs and stuff, although you can indeed argue that in the end you were just paying for those. Given that change to a bare bones Sonar, it would be highly likely that after this one-time lifetime offer, they will significantly lower the regular monthly/yearly subscriptions as well, at which time the lifetime offer would become a bit less spectacular.
PS: we can actually sit tight until end of August, since that is when the offer expires.

synkrotron

Skyline_UK

Bristol_Jonesey
I received my email and following the link says lifetime membership will cost £420 GBP.
Is this correct?

I think yours should probably be the same as mine, £88.44 incl VAT, with the £420 crossed out. 

Yep... That's what I paid

Thanks lads. Showing £88.44 now.

Hmm. For me it shows as £148. Is this because I pay monthly, rather than annually? I have an unbroken membership from Jan 2015.

Hi Cakewalk
 
I also never get emails (about this or anything else)...I did notice I wasn't signed up for the newsletter, which probably explains it....but could I please be "email activated" or whatever you call it?  :-)
 
Thanks