Addictive Drums not installable on offline PCs-Workaround possible?

When you download Addictive Drums, it seems you only download an INSTALLER.
 
Whe you copy it to your production PC and start it, it tries to connect to the internet.
 
Strange.
 
We also use Celemony and Izotope products, and they respect offline installation.
 
So no Addictive Drums for us, I guess. :(
 
Anyone else facing the same problem?
 
Is there any way around this?

I gave in and connected my main machine to internet a couple of years ago - does make life so much easier - just make sure you've got got virus software  -I use AVG Free which seem pretty good
Nigel
 

I am not connecting my music PC to internet or wireless anything.

I was looking forward to AD too. Hope it ain't too bad to register/activate.

paulo

Grem
I am not connecting my music PC to internet or wireless anything.

I was looking forward to AD too. Hope it ain't too bad to register/activate.

I've just sent a message to their support asking how to do offline installations. I imagine they may be getting a few more. CW should be making this clearer rather than just saying...buy x3 get AD. That's marketing guys for you, never quite give you the whole picture.

Hi Paulo i just open a thread for clarification.
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stevec
I haven't made the X3 purchase yet but I was also looking forward to adding AD to EZ and BFD Eco.  And I don't have an internect connection on my DAW.   So I will certainly be keeping an eye on this one.
 

Same here.

Not to shift focus too much, but I'm kinda surprised so many people still don't use internet on their DAW computer these days, I suppose out of fear for viruses and malware? I haven't had a virus on my computer since Windows Milennium, And if you're worried, Microsoft Security Essentials or indeed AVG Free should do you fine. Generally speaking one could do without either of those if you simply don't browse "iffy" sites or open email attachments called "thisisnotavirus.exe".
I couldn't imagine not having mail, wetransfer, updating, dropbox and online authorization on my DAW computer.

Sanderxpander
Not to shift focus too much, but I'm kinda surprised so many people still don't use internet on their DAW computer these days, I suppose out of fear for viruses and malware? I haven't had a virus on my computer since Windows Milennium, And if you're worried, Microsoft Security Essentials or indeed AVG Free should do you fine. Generally speaking one could do without either of those if you simply don't browse "iffy" sites or open email attachments called "thisisnotavirus.exe".
I couldn't imagine not having mail, wetransfer, updating, dropbox and online authorization on my DAW computer.

If you were doing this as a job, would not you want a pc crash in front of your client for a wifi service problem.
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GIM Productions

Sanderxpander
Not to shift focus too much, but I'm kinda surprised so many people still don't use internet on their DAW computer these days, I suppose out of fear for viruses and malware? I haven't had a virus on my computer since Windows Milennium, And if you're worried, Microsoft Security Essentials or indeed AVG Free should do you fine. Generally speaking one could do without either of those if you simply don't browse "iffy" sites or open email attachments called "thisisnotavirus.exe".
I couldn't imagine not having mail, wetransfer, updating, dropbox and online authorization on my DAW computer.

If you were doing this as a job, would not you want a pc crash in front of your client for a wifi service problem.Best

Errr, I do do this for a job. That has never happened to me btw, though I have had the odd soundcard driver crash. In fact, doing this professionally, it is immensely useful to me to have access to dropbox, gmail and wetransfer directly from my DAW pc.

Sanderxpander
... it is immensely useful to me to have access to dropbox...
...I haven't had a virus on my computer since Windows Milennium...

You may like to type "dropbox chinese hackers" into your favorite search engine when you have a moment.
 
You are unlikely to even be aware you have malware on a modern PC.

JazzSinger

Sanderxpander
... it is immensely useful to me to have access to dropbox......I haven't had a virus on my computer since Windows Milennium...

You may like to type "dropbox chinese hackers" into your favorite search engine when you have a moment. You are unlikely to even be aware you have malware on a modern PC.

Sorry but this is exactly the kind dumb link clicking and browsing you simply shouldn't do. That doesn't mean I'm not going to use internet at all.

I realize everybody has to make his own decision in this, but yes, I do this for a living (next to gigging) and the time (and thus money) it saves me to use these things on a daily basis is huge. The studios around me all have and use internet too, though I think by now everyone but me is on Mac where it is somewhat less of an issue.

I can't imagine having any computer permanently offline anymore. The sheer impracticality off it would surely dwarf any possible benefits!

JazzSinger
An additional reason I do not use Dropbox is the terms and conditions. If you are transferring creative material over dropbox, have a look at the terms of use. They may have changed since I was considering using the dropbox service, but what I read then made me balk. 

I mainly receive files over Dropbox, like recordings or sheets for gigs. I use Wetransfer when sending stuff to others. Their TOS seemed fine last time I checked.
I get that people care about a stable and secure system. I do too. If you don't trust yourself to keep it stable while connected to the internet, don't. I was just surprised that so many people seem to do this out of fear for viruses or crashes when that seemed to be mainly a Windows Millennium and early XP problem. The benefits nowadays outweigh any leftover risks by such a huge amount, to me, that I can't imagine working offline with my DAW pc at all.

If you want to use internet on your music PC, fine. I'm not. Nor will I use anything that requires me to access the internet just to get it to work.
 
It's not fear. Experience has taught me that I don't deal with any of the things mentioned in this thread on my music PC. I don't do this for a living. But when I do go into my "studio" :) I make music.
 
With Win7 Pro, maintenance is almost zilch. I get Sonar working, and don't change anything until an update comes along.
 
And knowing what I know, (and not knowing what it's like to have to depend on my studio work as my family income), that if I did have to depend on this for a living, I still wouldn't hook my main music making PC to the internet. I'd get another PC sitting on the side with a USB hd and transfer whatever I needed right on the spot. Why would I want to install Dropbox software on my main music PC? Or have Win Defender running? Or Firefox/Chrome installed on it?
 
But that's just me.
 
 

I too have two PCs in my studio.  One I use for work and one I use for online stuff.  I have several 8gig flash drives and it's really pretty simple to authorize my software.
 
I have Superior Drummer 2.0 so I don't see the need for AD, especially when they require you to be online to get it.  I did read that you can get a stripped down version by doing it offline...but you don't get the full blown package unless you go online with your DAW.  That is how I read it anyway.