I have found a retailer that is offering Sonar 5 PE at £299.
1) Is this the best UK price (or at least a very good price)?
2) Will I get a free upgrade to Sonar 6 PE
3) Is an 'upgrade' the same as a new full boxed version of Sonar 6 PE or is it an 'upgrade' simply an additional disk.
4)If I upgrade to Sonar 7 PE next year, will I be upgrading from Sonar 6 or 5 ?
I have been to the Cakewalk site but these questions havn't been asked yet.
If you can answer these questions I would be very grateful
Thanks.
Sonar 6 Producer Edition UK price
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- KVRist
- 457 posts since 14 Aug, 2001
I looked at a few other online retailers and it was the cheapest I saw...luxgud wrote:I have found a retailer that is offering Sonar 5 PE at £299.
1) Is this the best UK price (or at least a very good price)?
Once the update has been officially announced, it usually tells you that anyone who purchased after a certain date will get a free upgrade. It may be worth holding on for the official Cakewalk product page to occur, as you will likely find retailers advertising a free upgrade to the new version after this point...2) Will I get a free upgrade to Sonar 6 PE
It's usually the full product (disk and manual) but without the box...3) Is an 'upgrade' the same as a new full boxed version of Sonar 6 PE or is it an 'upgrade' simply an additional disk.
Version 6. But it doesn't matter, as Cakewalk upgrades are usually the same price irrespective of what version number you are upgrading from (so upgrading from Producer 3 to Producer 6, costs the same as upgrading from Producer 5).4)If I upgrade to Sonar 7 PE next year, will I be upgrading from Sonar 6 or 5 ?
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- KVRist
- 147 posts since 8 Jun, 2004
Actually to clarify.Currently it costs more to upgrade to V5 from V1 and V2 than from 3 or 4. They have stated that this higher price will include V3 from release of V6. The free upgrade to V6 was only available from US retailers if you bought V5. If you purchase any form of upgrade (including Kinetic, as long as you are a cakewalk registered customer), during the month of august if you did a web purchase upgrade they would automatically ship V6 to you within one month of release.
For info on V6 check
http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-CAK-S6PRO.html
This is the banner with the offer that was put up.
Also please note that when purchasing upgrades from Sonar you get the full version including box. The Cakewalk EULA however does not allow you to resell the software, but they do keep upgrade paths reasonably priced. Example £139 for Project 5 and Dimension Pro together if you are a current Sonar 5 user.
Hope that clears a few things up.
For info on V6 check
http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-CAK-S6PRO.html
This is the banner with the offer that was put up.
Also please note that when purchasing upgrades from Sonar you get the full version including box. The Cakewalk EULA however does not allow you to resell the software, but they do keep upgrade paths reasonably priced. Example £139 for Project 5 and Dimension Pro together if you are a current Sonar 5 user.
Hope that clears a few things up.
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- KVRist
- 457 posts since 14 Aug, 2001
I hadn't realised that, I just noticed that people had said on the Cakewalk forums about jumping versions at no extra cost (usually from v3)...makes sense to charge more for people with really old versions.syrath wrote:Actually to clarify.Currently it costs more to upgrade to V5 from V1 and V2 than from 3 or 4. They have stated that this higher price will include V3 from release of V6.
You will find that UK retailers will usually sell v5 with a 'free upgrade to v6' after the official announcement from Cakewalk on v6. I purchased Sonar 2XL with a free upgrade to 3PE way back and have noticed similar offers every year since.The free upgrade to V6 was only available from US retailers if you bought V5.
All three Sonar upgrades I have received have been without boxes...it probably depends where you buy them from. You may get the box if you get the upgrade direct from Cakewalk, but I always get the upgrade from elsewhere, as I object to paying £14 for delivery (although, recent Post Office changes in pricing may see a rethink on that from me).Also please note that when purchasing upgrades from Sonar you get the full version including box.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Every upgrade I've had has been boxed (V2-V5).xylyx wrote:It's usually the full product (disk and manual) but without the box...
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 8705 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
my updates have always been just CD + manual (v2-v4)whyterabbyt wrote:Every upgrade I've had has been boxed (V2-V5).xylyx wrote:It's usually the full product (disk and manual) but without the box...
My other host is Bruce Forsyth
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Interesting. I always used to get them from the old distributor, etcetera and then CW (via Edirol) when that changed...spaceman wrote:whyterabbyt wrote: my updates have always been just CD + manual (v2-v4)
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRist
- 147 posts since 8 Jun, 2004
Only thing with doing that is you can attract a 17.5% VAT charge , a duty rate and an admin fee from the company for handlung HMC&E formalities for you. Should it be identified as a sale and the value known. But yes you could.
Stuart