Is Cubase Pro 8.5 a Paid Update?

Cubase
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I have Cubase Pro 8. I’ve had it before October. Will I be able to update to 8.5?

2

Yep for €50

3

no

you will have to pay

4

its not an “Update” but an “UPGRADE” basically there adding a bunch of stuff and a new VSTi.

its be nice of Steiny if they would let you tr the update before you buy it as there are a few things in this upgrade i really don’t need or want to be honest but a few i do really like
Likes- GUI update specially in Mix mode
the transport update
the cycle update

could live without the rest of it, have plenty of synths that do what retrolouge 2 does
im more then a competent piano player so i don’t need something to play my chord for me
and it seems the rest of it you can do in cubase now with a few clicks or knowing the right key combination.

So hey Steiny hows about making your “Upgrades” Price based on what features you want and not paying for a bunch a crap ill never use? you have a great product as it is . hows about making that better then adding more bells and whistles we don’t really need and gouging your users that have already paid a LOT to use your system? and im sure in 6 months will come Cubase 9 and you’ll want a 100 euro more for that. Urgh

5

If you have registered V8 on October 15th or later you get a free upgrade.

6

And if you do have to pay for it bear in mind that the C9 release will cost you 50 euro less when that comes out.

7

Just my opinion but I think this is a bargain for €50 and of course you still have the choice of not buying it if you don´t agree.

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I agree not a great deal of upgrades are in 8.5 but a decent night out costs about twice as much, so all in all a good upgrade for the cost.