Out of nostalgia for my days of slicing up audio using Cool Edit Pro, I checked out Adobe Audition today. After searching in circles, I realized that there is no purchasing Audition. You have to subscribe to access the software through Adobe Creative Cloud. Minimum price = $19.99 a month. If this model was the only way to access music software, I imagine we would have a lot more piracy or a lot fewer budding dorm room producers and engineers.
Thank you, Propellerhead, Ableton, and so many other music software companies for not going this route.
Scott Kumis 