pwalpwal
some "conspiracy theorists" might even speculate that it was a deliberate hype-generating action by marketing ;-)

fixed.

Just ordered my lifetime upgrade! Thanks Bakers!
 
We'll see what comes up next (and I am not yet 100% certain that Sonar Platinum will remain your flagship product, BUT, I'm already overwhelmed by Sonar's features... I have enough plugins and synths (and need another lifetime to learn how to use all of those at their full potential... Win10 is also supposed to be the last version... so I guess I'm kind of "future proof" for 5-10 years hopefully...))
 
So... looking forward to bug fixes and improved "core" features (can't wait to have some kind of list as of what will be considered core in the future.)
 
Congrats again for the last few months. When I opted for the yearly subscription last year, it sure felt like I was somewhat injecting medicine to a dying patient... you sure proved me wrong big time!!
 
 

Would like to paid for lifetime update/subscription,
however, I have not install my Sonar X3 Studio or upgrade to platinum yet,
I was waiting for a machine upgrade & win10 installation first.
(my current computer is too slow, old hard disk is almost full,
and have no knowledge how to reinstall and transfer license after switching to a new machine)
 
I don't want to miss out for lifetime update deal,
but it is not a good time to upgrade hardware yet, not sure what to do.
 
I am afraid that lifetime platinum upgrade deal is not available after June1,
and I don't want to paid for a platinum subscription now while not even install or
using it and wasted my subscription.
 
(if I can get lifetime update deal, it justify that I can actually install and
use it months later after getting a faster computer)

Anderton
 
Here's a more appropriate cliche: "actions speak louder than words."
 
Cakewalk is showing their appreciation in a very tangible way to the people who've stood by the company. Maybe it seems too good to be be true that a company would do that...but they're doing that. And based on some of the posts in this thread, people with some business acumen understand why this makes long-term sense for Cakewalk and the community.
 
I was invited to Boston this week to get the scoop. There is some highly innovative thinking going on here. The reason I was asked to visit also involves something that will NOT be announced on June 1, but my name was floated as one possible way to help make it happen and they wanted to gauge my interest and availability. I'd love to be involved in what I think would be an extremely cool project, so if Cakewalk can convince the other Gibson divisions to let me be "on loan" for four months or so, it will probably happen.
 
 

Oh no, this thread is going to double in length...

Anderton
... I was invited to Boston this week to get the scoop. There is some highly innovative thinking going on here. The reason I was asked to visit also involves something that will NOT be announced on June 1, but my name was floated as one possible way to help make it happen and they wanted to gauge my interest and availability. I'd love to be involved in what I think would be an extremely cool project, so if Cakewalk can convince the other Gibson divisions to let me be "on loan" for four months or so, it will probably happen.

Colour me intrigued... 

Anderton
Here's a more appropriate cliche: "actions speak louder than words."
 
Cakewalk is showing their appreciation in a very tangible way to the people who've stood by the company. Maybe it seems too good to be be true that a company would do that...but they're doing that. And based on some of the posts in this thread, people with some business acumen understand why this makes long-term sense for Cakewalk and the community.
 
I was invited to Boston this week to get the scoop. There is some highly innovative thinking going on here. The reason I was asked to visit also involves something that will NOT be announced on June 1, but my name was floated as one possible way to help make it happen and they wanted to gauge my interest and availability. I'd love to be involved in what I think would be an extremely cool project, so if Cakewalk can convince the other Gibson divisions to let me be "on loan" for four months or so, it will probably happen.

Gee thanks Craig!  As if there wasn't enough wild speculation going on here! 

MadokaYukiko
Would like to paid for lifetime update/subscription,
however, I have not install my Sonar X3 Studio or upgrade to platinum yet,

Pre June 1 deal is for Platinum users which have paid for 2 years.
At June 1, there is going to be the deal for all other users.
 

I was waiting for a machine upgrade & win10 installation first.
(my current computer is too slow, old hard disk is almost full,
and have no knowledge how to reinstall and transfer license after switching to a new machine)

Till your computer is still running Windows XP, you can install X3 and Platinum. I have not
experienced any performance penalty from using newer version. And I am using rather
old computer.
There is no license transfer for Sonar or any other Cakewalk products. Also all bundled with Sonar
not CW packages (Melodyne, XLN) are strait forward to move from one computer to another.
Note that it is legit to have all that software installed on 2 computers simultaneously (it is
not allowed to use both at the same time, but that is a rule and not technical restriction).
 

I am afraid that lifetime platinum upgrade deal is not available after June1,

They are going to announce it at June 1, so it will be available.

azslow3
Pre June 1 deal is for Platinum users which have paid for 2 years.
At June 1, there is going to be the deal for all other users.

thank you for clearing, the current deal was not meant for me
And I would not want to paid for a yearly (non-lifetime) subscription
without using it in months ahead.
 
 

There is no license transfer for Sonar or any other Cakewalk products. Also all bundled with Sonar
not CW packages (Melodyne, XLN) are strait forward to move from one computer to another.
Note that it is legit to have all that software installed on 2 computers simultaneously (it is
not allowed to use both at the same time, but that is a rule and not technical restriction).

I bought Sonar X3 Studio in a box a few months ago (as a hobby)...
I have not tried installing before, (hard disk is very old and very full) 
I am afraid of (re)activating problem on a new computer,
that is why I am not installing into an old computer yet (no disk space anyway).
Hopefully installing, re-installing online process is easy.
 

They are going to announce it at June 1, so it will be available.

guess I would need to wait for the options available in June 1.
 
thank you for your information

adrian.crossan
Oh no, this thread is going to double in length...

Well what I said was more about being an example that Cakewalk is thinking in new directions. It's a project that's probably wouldn't be of great interest to many of the people on this forum, but it is based on SONAR and would require virtually no resources from Cakewalk itself. So you can safely ignore speculating about it 

I see there is still some confusion about the deal expiration time! My e-mail says plainly:
THE EXPIRATION OF THE PREFFERED CUSTOMERS FOR LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION IS AUGUST 31ST!!!!!!
Some of the wording in these posts make it sound like it is over June 1st!!! That is the full blown ANNOUNCEMENT deadline.
I don't mean to use caps but, man, 28 pages of confusion over a very simple announcement seems a little out of hand! BTW, I will be getting that lifetime subscription. Thanks, Bakers! LOL