I confess...

[dazzer]

I downloaded a hacked version of Live 8 and yes...I've been stung by the anti-piracy measure that seems to have totally f***ed up my PC' soundcard.

So, I only had it coming, I accept that and humbly ask Ableton to forgive me for basically attempting to rip them off.

Now, my question. I really like Live 8, and I'd also like my soundcard to be able to record sound again without that weird warbly fade-out effect that prevents me recording sound on any/every other sound/media software on my affected PC. So....I'm ready to shell out the money, but....before I do go legit. I need to know that buying Live 8 means this warbly anti-piracy damage done to my PC will be corrected? If not....then, I have a feeling that despite my initial misdeed in downloading some cracked software, that I might have grounds to take this act of vandalism (on Ablteon's part) as a criminal bloody act!

Any help/advice on this I'd be grateful for....and I know I'm opening myself to a torrent of abuse for admitting what I did. And boy...have I learned my lesson the hard way.

That said though, if parting with four hundred pounds fixes this piece of software vandalism, plus gives me a fully functioning version of legit LIVE 8 (which, may I stress again - is a fantastic piece of software) I will be a happy man, plus know that my bad-karma for using hacked software will be restored to its former good self.

best (and desperately hoping for an answer)

Liam

Just delete "System32" and you'll be good to go.

[Jekblad]

your best bet is to build a time machine.

[dna598]

what an idiot

[Hidden Driveways]

buy software you want to use
buy vinyl records
sleep well at night

[dom]

it looks like that 2 people have confirmed payments for unlocking theier hardware and ther are no dementies from abletons side so far.. looks strange... and ther are differemt lawsystems in the world... can be true.. i am not much longer online..would actually really like to know if this is a hoax or not.

C'mon 3phase, you always claim to be on top of technical stuff, this has to be some kind of sarcasm without smiley, right?
You don't seriously believe that it's possible to damage a soundcard using code at all, don't you?
Not talking about option 2: Assuming that we would do something like that if it would be technically possible in first place...

The whole thread is killer, i was just reading from page 1 to the end and i feel dizzy from laughing! Keep it coming, guys!


Cheers,
Dom

[senator adam]

it looks like that 2 people have confirmed payments for unlocking theier hardware and ther are no dementies from abletons side so far.. looks strange...

Dude, they were joking..

[hoffman2k]

it looks like that 2 people have confirmed payments for unlocking theier hardware and ther are no dementies from abletons side so far.. looks strange...

Dude, they were joking..

He knows that. Its part of his whole passive aggressive shtick.
He'll rather rant about ableton not paying attention to his reports than actually help to find the cause of his problems. He makes "bug reports", but there's not much being reported.

Being the hippie that I am, I always presumed that helping others and yourself get rid of a potential showstopper would keep the bitterness on a low. But what do I know..

[3phase]

it looks like that 2 people have confirmed payments for unlocking theier hardware and ther are no dementies from abletons side so far.. looks strange... and ther are differemt lawsystems in the world... can be true.. i am not much longer online..would actually really like to know if this is a hoax or not.

C'mon 3phase, you always claim to be on top of technical stuff, this has to be some kind of sarcasm without smiley, right?
You don't seriously believe that it's possible to damage a soundcard using code at all, don't you?
Not talking about option 2: Assuming that we would do something like that if it would be technically possible in first place...

The whole thread is killer, i was just reading from page 1 to the end and i feel dizzy from laughing! Keep it coming, guys!


Cheers,
Dom

when have i claimed to be the top of technical stuff? never! but thanks that you got that impression..

And when somebody writes that the soundcard dont works this dont says tht its hardware is destroid..

But i asume that you can disable with software the functionality of a soundcard if you really want..
would you say that this is not possible?

You allmost managed to do that with live itself.. you should have heard that 42db spike over the system of the NOG open air..

1000 people deff is almost as good as a abroken sound card

[necho]

But i asume that you can disable with software the functionality of a soundcard if you really want..

what is it they say about assumption?

You want to be really careful with cracking NI stuff. They have code that can spawn a swarm of nano-bots which go straight up your urethra and cause a really nasty urinary tract infection.

[3phase]

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Being the hippie that I am, I always presumed that helping others and yourself get rid of a potential showstopper would keep the bitterness on a low. But what do I know..

so so.. a hippy...

and i am again a ranter..i was called a ranter on my first topic here where i wanted to find out if my crashings are related to live or the os...
than the problem was put to my karma..
than i had to do another thread to finaly get the bug confirmed..instead that ableton anounces such major bugs themself a soon they get it... what is clearly a sales before customer support attitude.

And than you do an bug fix beta that had more new problems than fixes..tons of crashes?
And than from that to a propper release within days?

wow..can we belive that?

i ve to go into production again tomorow..we will see if the crashing is gone..
atleast 32bit file bug is still there... so lots of extra work before on can risk to be on stage with Live ...
beside the potential killing of expensiv tweeters...




I really can say that i ve developed a certain misstrust in Ableton lately..

if somebody would tell me that ableton uses slave labor of blind chineese kids to pack theiere products i would belife it wright now..

[hoffman2k]

[

Being the hippie that I am, I always presumed that helping others and yourself get rid of a potential showstopper would keep the bitterness on a low. But what do I know..

so so.. a hippy...

and i am again a ranter..i was called a ranter on my first topic here where i wanted to find out if my crashings are related to live or the os...
than the problem was put to my karma..
than i had to do another thread to finaly get the bug confirmed..instead that ableton anounces such major bugs themself a soon they get it... what is clearly a sales before customer support attitude.

And than you do an bug fix beta that had more new problems than fixes..tons of crashes?
And than from that to a propper release within days?

wow..can we belive that?

i ve to go into production again tomorow..we will see if the crashing is gone..
atleast 32bit file bug is still there... so lots of extra work before on can risk to be on stage with Live ...
beside the potential killing of expensiv tweeters...




I really can say that i ve developed a certain misstrust in Ableton lately..

if somebody would tell me that ableton uses slave labor of blind chineese kids to pack theiere products i would belife it wright now..

You complained about a company not allowing big files in their email. If there were no file limit, your mail would have to wait till the last big file that comes in finishes downloading.
Where we differ in approaches is: You hold it against them. I would have just used one of the many free filesharing services online. But not after I tried if the same bug happened with a smaller file.
You can get that file there if you want to. Instead you posted 3 rants.

I tried helping in one of those threads and got snubbed so I'm not sure why I'm even bothering now. I'll just say it one last time: If you actually help Ableton find the cause of your problems, they'll be able to fix it. If it gets confirmed, it may not be fixed on the next version. But they'll fix it.
You don't have to take my word for it. I literally have seen 90% of the bugs I reported disappear.
Your mileage definitely varies, but then again.. You're driving backwards..

[Jekblad]

Driving backwards.... Epic

[liam18]

no,it's bloody genuine alright.

An yes, I'm a berk, a low life etc etc. That said, I've been stung too many times in the past buying software that promised more than it delivered. So being the dumbass I am, I thought I'd have a go at a hacked version of Live 8, and this happens.

and look, I'm not having a go at ableton....if I have an axe to grind it would be the third party developers who've created this draconian piece of anti-theft software.

So, now everyone's had a chance to point fingers and laugh, great, glad you've had a good a thread. But I'm still hoping someone can let me know if this has happened to them and this really is an act of anti-theft thuggery...or might it be unique to me eg a component failure. I've searched far and wide on the net, and seen in one thread, a single mention of a 'fade-out' glitch on Live 4...and that was a posting from 2005 i think.

I really need a fix for this....if it's a case of paying a fine for some heal code, then I've been a naughty boy, I'll pay. But ideally, I'd like to do what the anti-theft code was designed to do and become a legit, happy, customer

[3phase]

[
You complained about a company not allowing big files in their email. If there were no file limit, your mail would have to wait till the last big file that comes in finishes downloading.
Where we differ in approaches is: You hold it against them. I would have just used one of the many free filesharing services online. But not after I tried if the same bug happened with a smaller file.
You can get that file there if you want to. Instead you posted 3 rants.

I tried helping in one of those threads and got snubbed so I'm not sure why I'm even bothering now. I'll just say it one last time: If you actually help Ableton find the cause of your problems, they'll be able to fix it. If it gets confirmed, it may not be fixed on the next version. But they'll fix it.
You don't have to take my word for it. I literally have seen 90% of the bugs I reported disappear.
Your mileage definitely varies, but then again.. You're driving backwards..

I dont know what you are talking about ? filesize limits? why this should bother me? its theiere problem when the crashfiles cant reach them and not mine.. and i dont know why i ve to fight with you. you dont work for ableton..or?


my problem is the crashing and monster loud pops.. that dammages my life sets and possibly the speakers of the venue and the ears of the audience...


and i tryed to help but my case was closed imideatly by mr dom because he didint liked my way of writig..
When i answer to the question what i ve done to cause the crash "i smoked a cigarette" the info is there... when the dont belive that the crashes happen on a random base i cant confess things i havent done

again..this are not my bugs.. and closing my case because i gave to little info about my hardware setup? ts..what has my hardware setup to do with your bugs? this was so clear a buying of time and i just refused to play this kind of callcenter games.

Any serious question about my software config i have and would have answered.. but retarded ..what do you do with your atari computer questions???

Sometimes you see in the design of abletons midifunctions that you proably really dont know what people do with an atari computer in 2009

having fun with midi !!

[citizenchris099]

no,it's bloody genuine alright.

An yes, I'm a berk, a low life etc etc. That said, I've been stung too many times in the past buying software that promised more than it delivered. So being the dumbass I am, I thought I'd have a go at a hacked version of Live 8, and this happens.

and look, I'm not having a go at ableton....if I have an axe to grind it would be the third party developers who've created this draconian piece of anti-theft software.

So, now everyone's had a chance to point fingers and laugh, great, glad you've had a good a thread. But I'm still hoping someone can let me know if this has happened to them and this really is an act of anti-theft thuggery...or might it be unique to me eg a component failure. I've searched far and wide on the net, and seen in one thread, a single mention of a 'fade-out' glitch on Live 4...and that was a posting from 2005 i think.

I really need a fix for this....if it's a case of paying a fine for some heal code, then I've been a naughty boy, I'll pay. But ideally, I'd like to do what the anti-theft code was designed to do and become a legit, happy, customer

why was using a hacked version the answer? why not run the demo??