Sorry but Subscriptions is a Bad idea

[Jay_uk]

Originally Posted by Wall2Wall

OP said he was moving to Logic. I assume he has a Mac already.

Twas tongue in cheek hence the razz
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For the record here are the prices
Availability and Pricing

Pro Tools | Software subscription and licensing options will be available in February 2015:

Pro Tools | Software monthly subscription (one-month license subscription with updates and support) starts at $29.99/month
Pro Tools | Software annual upgrade plan (12-months of updates and support) starts at $199
Pro Tools | Software annual subscription (12-month license subscription with updates and support) starts at $299
Perpetual licenses for Pro Tools | Software (includes 12-months of updates and support) start at $899

[Benoni]

Originally Posted by DJKeys

OK, so I have a question-

I upgraded from version 9 to version 11 last year before all this came down. I paid $399 for that upgrade, which is now on my iLok.

If I don't purchase a support plan before the last day of 2015, I can still use my 11.x license forever, correct?

Thanks-

-dj

Your license will not go anywhere. In fact, you can upgrade right now to Pro Tools 12 for $199 and you will receive a bundle license for Pro Tools 10/11/12 which is PERPETUAL, meaning you can use it forever even if you let your support plan lapse in a year.

[DJKeys]

Originally Posted by Benoni

Your license will not go anywhere. In fact, you can upgrade right now to Pro Tools 12 for $199 and you will receive a bundle license for Pro Tools 10/11/12 which is PERPETUAL, meaning you can use it forever even if you let your support plan lapse in a year.

Great, thanks-

-dj

[propower]

Much as i dislike all the new plans subscription can actually be a "good deal" bite my tongue.

- If you are the type that likes to keep using the latest version of PT the break even point between subscription vs owning and paying maintenance is 7 years!
- If you don;t need PT all the time, even monthly rental can make sense if you take 2 months or more off per year.

BUT --- starting in 2016 there may very well be "frozen PT licenses" on iloks available on the used market. No one can really say if this will work (but it should) and these may be the way for the 2016 PT bargain shoppers...

Certainly all but the very elite DAWs (Nuendo for example) are MUCH cheaper...

from my January post on this ...
http://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2225691&postcount=17
Years - sub monthly ----- sub yearly --- Buy and Maintain
1 ............. 360 .............. 299 ............. 899
2 ............. 720 .............. 598 ............. 1098
3 ............. 1080 ............. 897 ............. 1297
4 ............. 1440 ............. 1196 ............. 1496
5 ............. 1800 ............. 1495 ............. 1695
6 ............. 2160 ............. 1794 ............. 1894
7 ............. 2520 ............. 2093 ............. 2093
8 ............. 2880 ............. 2392 ............. 2292
9 ............. 3240 ............. 2691 ............. 2491
10 ............ 3600 ............. 2990 ............. 2690
11 ............ 3960 ............. 3289 ............. 2889