Cloudbounce Lifetime for $99

[cclarry]

https://www.adsrsounds.com/product/software/cloudbounce-unlimited-desktop-mastering/

[Yan Filiatrault]

Is it worth it?

[slartabartfast]

I am confused.

It sounds as if you are getting an application to automate mastering on your "desktop." At first glance that would be a perpetual license and program you can install on your PC that would actually do the mastering. If so, then a lifetime would be as long as your computer kept working at least. But there is enough ambiguity so that it seems likely all you are getting on your "desktop" is a program that connects you to the online/cloud service (like a DropBox folder?). In that case a "lifetime" is only as long as a company that currently has the resources to master uploaded files can stay in business. My experience with that kind of "lifetime" has been that it may be  short and unpredictable. 

[PavlovsCat]

CloudBounce seems to have a good service. The one thing that gives me pause is that it appears that they haven't had a round of funding in many years and according to everything I can find online, their founder is the only current employee. 

[antler]

It's an online mastering service - you upload your mixes, and there's some AI wizardry (I think, unless I'm thinking of another service) that will 'master' it for you. A lifetime license will be for a lifetime - either that of the user, or of the company whichever comes first.

A lot of people seem to complain about lifetime licenses; I personally see them as a better deal than subscriptions (companies will find another way to survive, e.g. selling add-ons, new users, etc). Even if it lasts a year, think of it as a one year subscription; if it lasts longer, all the more value. Also don't forget that with Windows 10 being the 'final' version, your non-OEM license is effectively a lifetime license (you can link your license with your Microsoft Account, meaning that you'll be able to transfer a non-OEM Windows license to another computer).

Edited November 28, 2020 by antler

[PAL Music]

It looks interesting enough , but anytime I see "Lifetime" I give pause

[pseudopop]

I pulled the trigger the last time this deal was on the table. Reading some reviews and articles I sensed a bit of hype surrounding the service, but the way I see it is that as long as the company is serious about it, any AI-based service is inevitably going to get better and better as time goes by. If they are doing things right it's only a matter of time until their AI is going to do a better job than any human. At that point $99 is a meaningless amount of money.

Or they are going fail miserably and exit the business a year from now. It can really go either way. They have been in the business for five years now, so I'm hoping that's a sign that they're doing ok.