Heads up. Presonus just released their free version of Studio One today. You can find it here: https://shop.presonus.com/Studio-One
I think that upgrade price applies only to upgrades from another version of Artist, not Prime. Prime is the same price as Audacity and does just a wee bit more. I just installed it on an older PC I have around here, so I can reference it if questions come up specifically about Prime. It doesn't come with Impact XT drum editor and it's limited to only two channels of input at a time. I'm not sure how many tracks it can support, but I intend to find out. Edit: I just let me create 48 tracks without a warning or whimper. That should handle just about anything that can be dished out in the VJR!
My bad. Sorry. You are correct (rats, for other folks) upgrade is from Artist v. x.... to the new artist.
That is correct. They require a name, email address, username and password. You must also prove you're not a robot.