Introducing the new SONAR: New lineup, new features, plus membership

[scook]

The current plan does not have a price tier for upgrading from X3 Producer in 2017. Historically, Cakewalk has provided upgrade pricing for owners of older versions of SONAR. Their published renewal price for 2016 is $199 and there was a posting by CW staff on their forum indicating the 2017 renewal would be the same. Don't know if there will be a promo price for early adopters but doubt the promo pricing, if any, would extend to users who have elected not to stay current.

[EnGee]

The current plan does not have a price tier for upgrading from X3 Producer in 2017. Historically, Cakewalk has provided upgrade pricing for owners of older versions of SONAR. Their published renewal price for 2016 is $199 and there was a posting by CW staff on their forum indicating the 2017 renewal would be the same. Don't know if there will be a promo price for early adopters but doubt the promo pricing, if any, would extend to users who have elected not to stay current.

Thank you for the answer

[Mystic]

Sonar user here. I'm friggin excited. The new development is going to be a lot better for us. No more of this getting patches for 4 months and then waiting till the new "X" comes out to get fixes for whatever we found after the patches were done.

[hibidy]

But I have to ask........are you sure that is what is going to happen? Far be it for me to be against that, but it's not the cakewalk M.O. The m.o. is "we'll fix some of your stuff in the next update" It's been that way since version 3 of sonar (maybe even before that)

[She Changed Her Mind]

I am sooo happy I didn't buy into this. My doctor advised me to stay calm. Pffew!

Could you explain what it is you don't like? Because I'm not seeing any negatives at all.

If you can't read.. why write?

[TheKid]

Ha Cakewalk, I really hope this subscription idea fails. Another DAW I don't have to test. Thank you.

[lfm]

I am sooo happy I didn't buy into this. My doctor advised me to stay calm. Pffew!

Could you explain what it is you don't like? Because I'm not seeing any negatives at all.

If you can't read.. why write?

If cannot motivate - why post?

Just claiming something is just trolling - wouldn't you say?

[lfm]

Love It!

FL Studio: Pay Once = Upgrade For Life.
Sonar: Upgrade Once = Pay For Life

But that also comes with a penalty.

Sonar has been 64-bit now for 10 years.

FL Studio now 64-bit for one year - or was it two.

Development cost - so as long as paying give you more sooner - then it's alright by me.

ImageLine policy sounds good doesn't it - but is it, really?
I talked to ImageLine when I bought my new computer 2010 - and they had nothing planned for 64-bit was answer then.

[xamido]

At least Imageline were honest with you and you're not paying anything.

Cakewalk is baiting people with imaginary carrot which you have to pay to 'theoretically' get.

edit : wow, my 1000th post on kvr. Hurray.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

so.......you pay the whole year, ending at a total cost normally associated with an update. but the minute you stop paying you revert back to how things were before you started paying ??

or have i misunderstood ??

[xamido]

so.......you pay the whole year at a cost normally associated with an update. but the minute you stop paying you revert back to how things were before you started paying

or have i misunderstood ??

Nah, basically you get whatever latest version that's available at the end of your subscription.

Say your subscription ended in january 2016 and the latest version at that time is 1.2 then you're stuck with it and whatever bug that's still not fixed.

Cakewalk might release the 1.3 version that fix the bug in february 2016, but then you will have to pay again at least one month of subcription to get that version.

Basically if there's a critical bug at the end of your subscription, you're screwed.

[lfm]

so.......you pay the whole year at a cost normally associated with an update. but the minute you stop paying you revert back to how things were before you started paying

or have i misunderstood ??

If paying monthly rental, and jumping the ship before 12 months - that is the case as I read it. And there were some restrictions that I didn't fully grasp if trying to re-enter again later - something about 12 months.

Regarding the regular annual payment, you get upgraded immediately and are covered for a year - and are always to keep latest you received - even if not renewing.

[scook]

Yes, you misunderstood. But if your PC catches on fire in month 13, blame Cakewalk.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

so.......you pay the whole year at a cost normally associated with an update. but the minute you stop paying you revert back to how things were before you started paying

or have i misunderstood ??

Nah, basically you get whatever latest version that's available at the end of your subscription.

Say your subscription ended in january 2016 and the latest version at that time is 1.2 then you're stuck with it and whatever bug that's still not fixed.

Cakewalk might release the 1.3 version that fix the bug in february 2016, but then you will have to pay again at least one month of subcription to get that version.

Basically if there's a critical bug at the end of your subscription, you're screwed.

got it....thanks

[whyterabbyt]

so.......you pay the whole year, ending at a total cost normally associated with an update. but the minute you stop paying you revert back to how things were before you started paying ??

or have i misunderstood ??

yes, I think maybe you have.

you pay for a year-long block in advance, or you pay a month at a time over sequential 12-month blocks. if you pay for less than a full 12-month block by the second method, you revert back to how things were before you started paying for that block. ie if you paid monthly for 18 months, you'd lose the previous 6 months of extra stuff, but keep the first year's.