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SONAR: Ownership FAQ

By GibsonPro-Audio and 1 collaborators

Frequently Asked Questions for SONAR, pricing, and updates.

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Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction to SONAR

Your SONAR Purchase

SONAR Never Expires

Stay current with SONAR

Upgrading SONAR to a more advanced edition

SONAR Lifetime Passes

SONAR Activation & DRM

3rd Party Keys & DRM

Comments

Introduction to SONAR

SONAR is Cakewalk's[www.cakewalk.com] Digital Audio Workstation.

Over the last few years we've had the pleasure to work closely with Valve Software to bring our flagship product and other Pro Audio tools to the Steam digital marketplace.

Due to certain features inherent to the STEAM platform, SONAR is offered in a different format from that of our Direct Store.

Your SONAR Purchase

STEAM users who own SONAR have the same core application that they'd receive direct from Cakewalk or through musical instrument retailers.

As a SONAR owner on STEAM, you’ll get a range of updates from the Season Pass(es) you own.

2016 Passes include updates from 12.2015 to 12.2016
2017 Passes include updates from 12.2016 to 12.2017
2018 Passes include updates from 12.2017 to 12.2018

SONAR on STEAM also includes Valve related content not otherwise available.

SONAR Never Expires

As a SONAR owner, if you choose not to grab a new Season Pass, don’t worry — SONAR never expires. Period. You can keep enjoying it as you have been – you just won’t receive anymore feature updates.

Stay current with SONAR

After your SONAR Season Pass expires, you can buy an additional pass of updates for at least 50% off the regular price of your SONAR version.

Users are free to skip a year or two of passes since SONAR doesn't expire. Passes will also be available in Steam seasonal sales events.

50% off Season Pass pricing starts May 1, 2017.

Upgrading SONAR to a more advanced edition

Starting May 1, 2017, if you want to upgrade your copy of SONAR to a more advanced edition, you simply pay the difference in the current price.

If you own SONAR Home Studio, upgrade to Professional or Platinum for $49.99 off the regular price.
If you own SONAR Steam Edition 2016, upgrade to SONAR Professional or Platinum for $99.99 off the regular price.
If you own SONAR Professional, upgrade to SONAR Platinum for $199.99 off the regular price

As was started on STEAM in December 2016, we no longer offer discounts for any other editions of SONAR or from other Cakewalk products.

SONAR Lifetime Passes

For a limited time between June 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016 users were able to purchase SONAR Platinum Lifetime Passes. There is no plan to offer this again in the future.

The first update was delivered January 2017 and will continue in perpetuity.

SONAR Activation & DRM

Initial registration will take place on first launch through the STEAM client.

A valid E-mail is required for activating SONAR and obtaining Cakewalk Technical Support.[www.cakewalk.com]

If you are not seeing a registration dialog box, see our troubleshooting guide: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=808324216

3rd Party Keys & DRM

Professional and Platinum users are required to make an account with Celemony & XLN Audio to utilize their bundled content.

This is optional, however users cannot use these features otherwise.

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19 Comments

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TheBaron 19 Sep, 2018 @ 12:48pm

I sonar seam edtion has stopped working and is in demo mode only

LetItBe 27 Jan, 2018 @ 9:23pm

Can i upgrade to platinum version? I'm not found price on steam store page Sonar Platinum...

󠁳 11 Jan, 2018 @ 9:15pm

Can i upgrade to platinum version? I'm not found price on steam store page Sonar Platinum...

gbraad 23 Nov, 2017 @ 11:50pm

Saddened by the announcement from Cakewalk: http://www.cakewalk.com/announcement http://www.cakewalk.com/Gibson-Announcement … "Gibson Brands announced today that it is ceasing active development and production of Cakewalk branded products."

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GibsonPro-Audio [author] 7 Nov, 2017 @ 1:06pm

Hi Stan,
We stopped selling the basic Artist/Steam Edition tier at the end of 2016.

We found that a lot of beginners were jumping into that tier when they were really a Music Creator/Home Studio customer and were in over their heads.

The $49/199/499 tier system is a bit easier to communicate to end users and the lower entry price kept people a bit happier when they were lost. Especially when they're just learning how to setup their hardware and aren't even 'recording' yet.

That stated, we'll be running some promotions for your tier in the next few months to help get you guys into the next Professional level. We haven't forgotten about all you!

Stan 7 Nov, 2017 @ 1:02pm

I have the older Artist/Steam Sonar, I think. Not sure what they're calling it now. I was just wondering how much the Season Pass 2018 is and where to purchase it?

GibsonPro-Audio [author] 30 Oct, 2017 @ 8:46am

Sword_Breaker, make sure to grab a personalized installer off your account page at Celemony's website. They've pushed out a few updates lately that require their new installer.

sword_breaker 30 Oct, 2017 @ 8:44am

Guide is old stuff and I can't activate melodyne :(

Geneticus 16 Aug, 2017 @ 6:50pm

Ahh. I see you put other versions on the Steam Edition Page. That is confusing as hell. Plus Sonar Pro page says it requires the Steam Edition. Nevermind. I'm just going to connect my Mac.

GibsonPro-Audio [author] 16 Aug, 2017 @ 8:27am

Geneticus, I'm not following. The new user price for Professional is 199.99USD, upgrades from the Artist/Steam Edition (originally $99) to Professional are normally priced at 99.99.

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