... but perpetual licence ... are you considering it ?

[EnglandBross]

I don't like subscribe licence sorry  , are you considering perpetual licence for Sonar ?
thank's for answer 

 

[Pragi]

Me not.😎

This has been discussed a. thousand times.

Answer  : May be in the future................................

Edited 9 hours ago by Pragi

[Alan Tubbs]

I’ve considered the perpetual license and love it but Bandlab considered it and  doesn’t.  Guess who won?

 

[Glenn Stanton]

well Studio One has the answer - apparently you pay every time they upgrade versions 5 to 6, 6 to 7 etc and since they upgrade every 9-12 months, it's practically a subscription, but you can keep the older version as long as you like, just no more updates etc. 

from a user perspective a subscription model seems onerous, from a dev perspective it means i cna continue to pay my people and keep deveoping the product and maintaining it. maybe the right approach is - when you cancel your subscription, you get to keep whatever version you are at when you cancel. no more updates (except maybe catastrophic bugs).

Edited 6 hours ago by Glenn Stanton

[John Vere]

It’s why nobody is left here. I now have 4 Daw’s that I can use forever until Windows update kills them. And I reverted to Platinum if I need to access old projects. Im happy! 
But it sad that Bandlab forgot about us. 

[NikiKeyz]

1 hour ago, Glenn Stanton said:

maybe the right approach is - when you cancel your subscription, you get to keep whatever version you are at when you cancel. no more updates (except maybe catastrophic bugs).

So now if you cancel subscription you can't use Sonar at all? If this is true it is deal breaker for me (I am considering to upgrade from CbB at the moment but I am also not too keen about subscription)

[pwalpwal]

1 minute ago, NikiKeyz said:

So now if you cancel subscription you can't use Sonar at all? If this is true it is deal breaker for me (I am considering to upgrade from CbB at the moment but I am also not too keen about subscription)

you can use it but only in not-called "demo mode" so no saving

[NikiKeyz]

3 minutes ago, pwalpwal said:

you can use it but only in not-called "demo mode" so no saving

I see. Thanks for the info! I am stuck with CbB for now then.

[DeeringAmps]

IBTL

Please stop!

You're beating a dead horse...

t

[HOOK]

the horse don't mind

 

[pwalpwal]

the horse is alive and also wonders

[Glenn Stanton]

31 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said:

You're beating a dead horse...

yesssss. but is the horse tender and sweet? my precioussss

[OutrageProductions]

As an aside: other than Mark @msmcleod, I haven't seen much presence from any of the Bakers since mid March. Either they are busy coding on the next update, or...

[dougalex]

I understand you are in a different situation, but... For "regular users who generally always upgrade to latest version", the subscription makes total sense AND I believe actually costs less over time. 

[Wookiee]

Pointless discussion, been literally done to death, since the subscription was introduced. 

Just search back through the forum if you want the companies perspective.