Mike Halloran

Here’s what I know (subject to change):

Don Williams is running Passport Designs and Sonic Scores as separate companies. He does have the serial #s and registered email addresses of all versions of Encore etc. but expects the majority of those email addresses to no longer work.

Here’s what I’m guessing:

Pricing for new and upgrade licenses is a marketing decision—this is true for any company. Writing code for a new product such as Encore 6 that takes into account previous version licenses may take much more time and resources than are worth it (remember that 5 was released in 2008 IIRC). Though the name is old, this is a new company with no financial ties to the previous owners of the code.

I would not be surprised if there is no upgrade path from previous licenses. If the price for E6 is low enough, it won’t matter. What did I pay for the E5 Upgrade—$119 perhaps?

>Need to Restore my Encore for it has become unuseable.<

Not nearly enough information. If you are trying to make it work on current Mac or Windows operating systems, then the answer you received from synthzizer is the best one. If older, there are issues that might be addressed.