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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
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I let my perpetual plan lapse as of 2020.5. I'm tempted to buy this reinstatement (from a retailer I suppose) and just activate it later if (?) & when (?) AVID releases a useful version upgrade. Feels odd to buy under that premise... I think AVID has an unnecessarily convoluted licensing policy. Plus it's still pricey. Make it $100/year and I'd call it fair. (Fact: Studio One Pro can be updated anytime from any previous version for $149 & no subscription nonsense. No drama.)
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Re: Perpetual License Annual Subscription New Help !!!
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I was not talking about the terms 1 Year or Annual I was talking only about the terminology "Upgrade" and "Update". Yes the offer is an "Upgrade" to get current to be able to get back on the "Update" + Support plan........ I don't doubt your PT page has that Move to Subscription option and the offer says Annual "Upgrade".... BUT note it then says "with Updates+ Support Plan" and I am guessing right above that Move to Subscription option it now says Software "Update" + Support Plan expires ***** Like it does on my page (now granted mine is Ultimate and I always had a a current plan and I am in US ) don't know if any of that makes any difference BUT This is what my page shows
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Re: Perpetual License Annual Subscription New Help !!!
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So my point is more about Avid not using the same terms when directing users what to buy. Avid use the term “1-year” when telling users what to look out for (see screenshot) but every option containing the term “1-Year” is actually a subscription (see screenshot). So an unsuspecting user, and by that I mean someone in a hurry or not paying full attention, might end up with a subscription by mistake. In fact the only option which does NOT use the term “1-Year” is the one a user should buy and is in fact the reinstatement (see screenshot). The reinstatement offer is only for users with a expired plan so they could have been more accurate in their advertising and directions and used it’s real name (see screenshot) because it would be the same name for everyone, they are all in the same boat, all expired or planning to use it once they had expired (if anyone has not already expired then DO NOT buy it from the Avid website because it starts straight away and you will lose any period you had left on the old plan). The art of selling is surely to make it easy for customers to buy with confidence and Avid make it subtly difficult at times. What Avid could have stated is something like this: “Please go to your My Products page and within the “Move to Subscription Box” the reinstatement will be called “Pro Tools Annual Upgrade with Software Updates + Support Plan” please note this is NOT a subscription but the reinstatement, all other option use the term “subscription” and should not be selected unless you plan to move to the subscription model. Please also note your current licence will be change to a cross-grade to subscription but your Pro Tools will remain perpetual. The reinstatement includes a subscription to selected plugins but the Pro Tools license will remain perpetual. “ That’s about all a user needs to know to buy with confidence. I bought the right product and applied it but it was quite an unnerving experience because of the way it was labelled, were it was located and changes on my product page. And after I reinstated my product page, which had said “Perpetual Product”, changed to “PerpetualSubscrition” and then 24 hours later changed back to the wording “Perpetual Product” again which was a worry lol I think Avid would be better off just calling the thing a “Reinstatement” everywhere so the confusion is removed. It was not really an issue before because there was no subscription model but now there is and more option to pick from so Avid need to be accurate. Because if a user accidentally buys and applies a subscription their perpetual is gone forever. But maybe it doesn’t matter because they might never do this again so it’s mute. Anyway I got the reinstatement, I get it that there is a subscription element to it, Heat and All plug-in bundle, but Pro Tools remains perpetual. The product page looks messy for 24 to 48 hours but then resolved itself. All is now good. In my opinion, Avid do not help themselves in the way they go about selling. Also the fact I had to come to a forum to get help because their support team were of no help does not shock me, and it should. Last edited by MeBeMe; 12-05-2021 at 05:10 PM. |
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
Wow, I had a feeling they would do something like this, but seriously this is very worrying. How dare they do these kind of games to their userbase?
This is not freaking Peek-A-Boo... this should be a professional environment where you can depend on the values of the company you are invested in, not always navigating to avoid money traps and other dirty tactics.. Having this kind of aggressive cashgrab attempts just made me fully reconsider getting Carbon and go straight for an Apollo. I was sold on the way it integrates and there are a lot of nice features... but seriously getting deeper into Cubase and Reaper has changed my life for the better. Using them in tandem is sooooo liberating I can do whatever I need in record time. The control and reliability I get from both of them is enough to make me think thrice before continuing with ProTools. Was fun while it lasted but I have to say NO AVID... not me, not today and NOT in the future if you keep this cat and mouse game up. We're not some helpless victims with no choice anymore, there's plenty of other options out there that fullfill whatever you want us to imagine you fulfill (watching the video from Maroon 5 was shocking to me how ancient PT still is an how some of the features you barely implemented are de facto in other DAWs 10-15 years... shameful tbh) BTW Still love the sound love the exclusive plugins, tightness, advance features etc... love Carbon on paper, but really... and I mean really hate these low level marketing schemes to extract money from customers. One of the main reason that I didn't got Ultimate last year was because of the reinstatement fiasco. Who in their right mind become a new customer with practices like these, when the competition basically wipes the floor when it comes to customer needs responsiveness. Sorry for the rant but this just rubbed me way off |
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
MeBeMe; I completely agree!
I suspect it might be more a question of lack of competance and effort of sales personell than a concious strategy to fool buyers. While I'm waiting for a response from Avid Sales about this whole thing, I've actually just bought a reinstatement from a local reseller, trusting that they will provide me with a 'redemption code' that I can use at the time of my choosing.
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This is shady behaviour at best. |
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Re: Pro Tools reinstatements
I froze my recording system a year ago and did not renew my PT Standard perpetual license (I'm using 2020.12). I decided to wait a couple of years until the Apple Silicon changeover was completed, until all of the software I use (including DAWs, plugins and hardware drivers) were robustly running natively on Apple Silicon and until the growing pains from such a massive change was in the rear view mirror. Some of that has occurred. Much has not.
I was tempted to reinstate now with Avid's current offer. I have decided against that because all the stars are not in alignment yet. And, perhaps not surprisingly, I have been using Studio One Professional as a second DAW for about 2 ½ years now and I am very comfortable with it. So much so that I am preferring it over PT, at least for my uses. I have used two different Apple computers over the past 22 years. The second one is near end of life (no upgrade beyond High Sierra), but both PT 2020.12 and S1 5.4.1 are running just fine, as are about 180 plugins and my Apogee Element 46 interface. I want and expect my next Apple computer to last at least 10 years. So, I'm just going to coast for the time being. Once Apple releases the M2 iMacs next year, I'll start looking at making the shift at some point after that. |
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