Cakewalk’s Command Center downloads, installs and updates your software. At Your CommandĬakewalk have introduced a new software and installation manager called the Command Center. Whether this model works for you or not, it does seem to be the future. So in many ways it’s the same deal as before, but you are buying on credit so you don’t have to fork out a large sum up–front. Any future updates would require the renewal of membership at some kind of upgrade price. They also stress that they still offer the traditional boxed product, which includes 12 months of free updates and content. And after 12 payments, the software is yours to keep using alternatively, you can continue to subscribe to keep the support, updates and content flowing. While you continue to subscribe, you receive support and free access to any updates that occur during your subscription.Ĭakewalk have put their own spin on this, by insisting that users are buying ‘membership’ rather than a subscription, and by offering additional custom content to members each month. What’s loosely been termed the Adobe model (as Adobe were the first big company to switch to it) replaces the traditional boxed, fixed–fee purchase with a subscription of monthly payments. Sonar Platinum, as it’s now called, is the first major DAW to step away from traditional ideas about purchasing and support, pre–empting Avid’s similar move with Pro Tools 12 by a couple of weeks. Both Propellerhead and Steinberg got in their version 8s before the end of the year, while Cakewalk chose to unleash the latest iteration of their Sonar DAW in the build up to NAMM 2015. Maybe it’s the weird weather that’s driven developers into full gear, but this winter has certainly been the season for major updates. And Sonar ‘membership’ provides plenty of goodies. Sonar’s Skylight interface is largely unchanged.Ĭakewalk are the first major DAW developer to move to a monthly payment model.
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