You're going to include a "Do what I meant to do" feature.... no, really. 

bitman
This better not turn out to be trivial.
 
Marketing........

I don't think this will be trivial. I would say lifetime updates is already pretty significant. The other two are significant as well. 

If they go Mac Im back......

My wife says: "It's Probably a new compressor, cause you can't have enough of those, right?"
 
 

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

bitman
This better not turn out to be trivial.
 
Marketing........

I don't think this will be trivial. I would say lifetime updates is already pretty significant. The other two are significant as well. 

Definitely so. I'd like to see Avid, Presonus, Cubase, etc... or any other company offer free lifetime updates. I for one am very grateful to be part of this most gracious offer. I would have gladly paid $200 but $99 was a steal. Just wanted to say thanks again to all at Cakewalk.

well like the new colour interface i'm using sonar platinum steam edition! :)
 

tenfoot
I have been using Sonar in the studio every day for a long time. Today I realised that I have probably explored and adopted more new features in the past 18 months than I have in the past decade or two of using Sonar, or any daw for that matter. The rolling, all inclusive updates are solely responsible for that. Whilst I am happy to take up lifetime updates, I hope the new model, whatever it may be, still leads me down that path of discovering the extras too:)

We don't plan on stopping frequent updates. I strongly believe its the way all software will be distributed in the future. The days of monolithic updates are numbered. Its not only expensive in the long run to support (we used to have multiple patch releases to an annual release), but it also is much more disruptive to users esp when there are changes to the user interface since there is a big learning curve. With more frequent updates users are more engaged and we can also adapt to any requests much faster and efficiently.

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

tenfoot
I have been using Sonar in the studio every day for a long time. Today I realised that I have probably explored and adopted more new features in the past 18 months than I have in the past decade or two of using Sonar, or any daw for that matter. The rolling, all inclusive updates are solely responsible for that. Whilst I am happy to take up lifetime updates, I hope the new model, whatever it may be, still leads me down that path of discovering the extras too:)

That was actually part of the reasoning for the agile delivery. It can be overwhelming to learn a bunch of new features at once and sometimes you never get around to them. By doing the updates incrementally, we are allowing people to adopt and learn new features at a slower pace which I think ultimately is beneficial.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]

tenfoot
I have been using Sonar in the studio every day for a long time. Today I realised that I have probably explored and adopted more new features in the past 18 months than I have in the past decade or two of using Sonar, or any daw for that matter. The rolling, all inclusive updates are solely responsible for that. Whilst I am happy to take up lifetime updates, I hope the new model, whatever it may be, still leads me down that path of discovering the extras too:)

We don't plan on stopping frequent updates. I strongly believe its the way all software will be distributed in the future. The days of monolithic updates are numbered. Its not only expensive in the long run to support (we used to have multiple patch releases to an annual release), but it also is much more disruptive to users esp when there are changes to the user interface since there is a big learning curve. With more frequent updates users are more engaged and we can also adapt to any requests much faster and efficiently.

That is great news guys! You have certainly achieved what you set out to do - it is  infinitely more engaging for the end user. In hindsight, up until rolling updates, upon each single, large release my goal was simply to make sure I could still do things the same way I had been doing them for years before the new version - inspiring stuff:) It appears to be a two way street as well - Sonar seems to me to have moved ahead in leaps and bounds over the last 18 months. That could of course be due to my self imposed ignorance of new features previously:) 

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]

tenfoot
I have been using Sonar in the studio every day for a long time. Today I realised that I have probably explored and adopted more new features in the past 18 months than I have in the past decade or two of using Sonar, or any daw for that matter. The rolling, all inclusive updates are solely responsible for that. Whilst I am happy to take up lifetime updates, I hope the new model, whatever it may be, still leads me down that path of discovering the extras too:)

We don't plan on stopping frequent updates. I strongly believe its the way all software will be distributed in the future. The days of monolithic updates are numbered. Its not only expensive in the long run to support (we used to have multiple patch releases to an annual release), but it also is much more disruptive to users esp when there are changes to the user interface since there is a big learning curve. With more frequent updates users are more engaged and we can also adapt to any requests much faster and efficiently.

Besides I'm a really big fan of the "frequent" updates. I see an already fairly active forum being more active due to a new version out every month.  I see a closer community because of it. We all seem to have a more positive view overall here. I see CW being even more involved with the forum.  To put it in a very few words its just better all around.
 
Also in the past CW was rather tight lipped about future updates. That is not so much the case anymore.  We are not just being handed a new version once a year but brought along with the flow. I think it shows a more cooperative approach between the members and CW. That has to be a really good thing. The feedback CW gets has more importance than in the past. It helps set the direction and is a huge reserve of good ideas CW can mine.
 
 
 

I have to agree. Cakewalk is a unique company and I can't think of any other I deal with now, or in the past, that was so interactive with its customers. At the end of the day, that's what gets my money.