iLok totally sucks - no?

[milfhuntr]

I recently bought Antares Auto-Tune. I did not know it needed iLok. It is an additional expense to me of $49.00.

I totally understand and support the right to protect intellectual property and I hate crackz. However, Antares could simply provide a dongle in the box - problem solved.

I think the whole thing sucks and I had trouble logging in and getting an iLok account. It was buggy as hell.

Your experience?

[ramangill]

I recently bought Antares Auto-Tune. I did not know it needed iLok. It is an additional expense to me of $49.00.

I totally understand and support the right to protect intellectual property and I hate crackz. However, Antares could simply provide a dongle in the box - problem solved.

I think the whole thing sucks and I had trouble logging in and getting an iLok account. It was buggy as hell.

Your experience?

Don't most products come with the eLok now? The electronic version of the iLok? I have 2 things that have the eLok...works like a charm

[polyslax]

Your experience?

Been using iLok for 5 years or so. Haven't had any technical issues using plugins, adding licences, transferring licences. Handy when you want to change computers. I like it.

[Neon Breath]

I'm with milfhuntr on this. Thought I understand its purpose I think iLok is obsolete and belongs to another era.

I already used an iLok for my plugin licences (had no choice back at that time) and I really hated it, although I never had problems with it. Updating the iLok, taking care of it, not forgeting it anywhere, etc. I also hated to have to plug the thing into one of my usb ports everytime I wanted to use just one single plugin, even for just a little session. No iLok, no access to my plugins. Not my thing, I sold it and use registred licences instead, and I'm a happy guy since!

[Khazul]

Your experience?

Been using iLok for 5 years or so. Haven't had any technical issues using plugins, adding licences, transferring licences. Handy when you want to change computers. I like it.

+1 - unlike that fucking aweeful system satanberg came up with / use that sometimes randomly decides to pretend to have forgotten *all* of your licenses when you add a new one - Grrrr.

Yeh - I know now you have to uninstall and reinstall the damn thing and that usually fixes it - still hate their flakey junk.

[pc999]

Dont know I refuse myself to use one.

Also on laptops USB port are few and hub are another problem...

[Neon Breath]

Dont know I refuse myself to use one.

Also on laptops USB port are few and hub are another problem...

Exactly why it was a probleme for me!

[anybody human]

I've never had a problem with iLok. The last thing I'd describe it as is buggy. It takes a USB slot yes, that is quite annoying when playing live, at home I just use a USB hub. Any inconvenience for me is probably offset by the fact that I'd like to get a new computer soon, and re-authorizing all of my software will be a nightmare, except for the ones that use iLok.

[vladimotor]

Yeah, when are they gonna realize that more and more musicians are using laptops with limited USB count??? And hubs don't help of course.
I had to buy a docking station and still can't have all my USB devices hooked up. I need to hook up MIDI interface, Guitar Rig controller, APC40, Samplitude dongle, a mouse, external harddrive, and access to USB Flash drives, all that to my two USB ports(well, four with a docking station).
And that is the reason i never bought Korg Legacy Collection.
This protection method is stupid. But, at least Magix include their dongle with their software.

[Ben_Binary]

iLok can suck a hairy turd. Sorry but dongles suck anus.

[twisted-space]

And that is the reason i never bought Korg Legacy Collection.

Just FYI, the legacy collection doesn't use a dongle (or pace software) anymore.

[vladimotor]

Great news, but now i have too many softsynths:)

[necho]

Dongles are evil.

Evil evil evil evil evil.

I will never, ever use software that requires one again.

[twisted-space]

Great news, but now i have too many softsynths:)

Sorry, I don't understand. How is this possible?

[necho]

IMO

Too many = greater than one

(but then I don't count Reaktor as a soft synth )