More editorial than anything since we all got options. Learning to freak out less these days.
 
Fired up a project using the very good Eventide Ultra Channel strip that the company generously offered us for free over a short time. Cannot complain about this.
 
Opened the project and a crash error message that the ilock interface was defective. Something would not connect with something else and the program is toast. Either reinstall the program or the ilock manager.
 
Installed the program again, still failed. Tried to install the ilock manager and got a message that an error had occurred attempting to install and nothing was changed. Eventide no longer exists on this computer. Lucky it didn't happen while someone was recording by the hour.
 
Joke around here often, but really not a joke about securing a washed in the blood warez crack before purchasing anything forcing online control over you. Even more disturbing, regarding the thread about online cloud subscriptions required to use a software. Waters were tested several years ago involving this scheme and will invade like a cancer if we let it happen.
 
This is just an example. Something I can probably get resolved after phone calls or support emails, troubleshooting the crash, investigating what I'm trying to rip them off. Why do I have to devote hours of precious, irrecoverable time trying to fix a flawed safeguard the company imposes and controls, making my life miserable to keep me from being a suspected thief.
 
Thanks to Allah that Cakewalk has not gone down this low life road.
 
John
 

That's what happens using cracked software.
Either malware problems or bad karma will prevail.

Carl,
 
Using the legitimate legal plug after having gone through all the required steps they demand to get it running.
 
Not using a crack. The company-imposed system failed somewhere. Makes it my problem.  Can likely get it resolved if I want to burn up the effort and time to get back into good grace.
 
Will try to get this resolved sometime in the distant future if it is worth the time and effort.
 
John
 

Maybe I'm mistaken, isn't obtaining software licenses via 'warez' illegal?

Eventide offered this plug for free for a while. No warez. Not sure why John mentioned them, his writing style is a little too cryptic for me.

Sanderxpander
Eventide offered this plug for free for a while. No warez. Not sure why John mentioned them, his writing style is a little too cryptic for me.

I've heard John mention that he backs up his purchased software with pirated versions on these forums several times.
I wouldn't want to risk it.

Carl,
 
Yes, you are right and have the moral high road over me in any case regarding the letter of the law, cannot deny or debate this.
 
I got burned out of multiple softwares over the years, screwed by companies shutting down or denying further activation of programs I spent hundreds of dollars on, either demanding more money to renew activation rights or outright denying further transfers.
 
Can sleep with myself in a bastardized hybrid approach I took on out of reaction, for personal survival in the digital realm.
 
Have to come out of the closet because I have some Mp3's on the computer I haven't paid for. This is a sin and ripoff of the artists I have to come to terms with.
 
Doesn't make me any more stainless, but every piece of software on my computers is fully paid for. I do not use warez cracks to avoid paying for something. There is not a single illegal program on my rig that has not fully compensated the developer for his or her effort.Everything I fire up is paid in full.
 
If I can't pay for something, I do without rather than ripping a struggling author off. There is no rationalization for piracy, even if the cracked programs are there for the taking.
 
After very bad experiences with multiple companies, and projecting this vibe on those I have not had a bad experience with... As much as possible, I secure a warez crack for a program that I legally and legitimately purchase. Company gets the full monetary compensation they ask for. I guard, respect the sanctity of their license agreement otherwise. Just I don't have to worry if they change their mind and put the screws on me again.
 
As a decent middle of the road heathen, this works. The guys have their money and I have the program not having to worry about when it will be aborted.
 
John
 
 
 
 

JohnKenn
Carl,
 
Yes, you are right and have the moral high road over me in any case regarding the letter of the law, cannot deny or debate this.
 

Hence my comment.

Carl,
 
Agree with you 100 percent.
 
John

Friends,
 
Just a followup on this.
 
Eventide started working again. This was only my second time dealing with ilock accounts so fon't know what happened to bring it down for the time it was down. The UVI account I tried to get Mello authorized for still says on the ilock server that Mello is authorized on the computer. Computer says it is not authorized. Tech support says I'm out of luck since the authorizations are known to fail with Win XP and there is no solution. Glad it was a freebie. Two out of two screwups with the virtual ilock system for me.
 
I also try to keep in mind that many have used these activation schemes without trouble.
 
Here is the bigger problem with Evantide, as much as I love the plugin. Passing this on information only for when you encounter the same mess.
 
The error message was that a device needed to run the program was not attached to the computer. The wide error box has the traditional "x" in the corner and the "okay" to acknowledge the error message. Neither box would shut down the message requiring a ctrl+alt+delete to shut down Sonar. Restarting Sonar hung at the same message, meaning that not only Eventide was crashed, but the entire session was crashed.
 
A possible fix would be to manually delete the Eventide dll with Sonar shut down. Restart Sonar and the plug would not be found, at least allowing the session to load.
 
Will still use Evatide to practice, but after this, can never trust the plug not to destroy a critical session.
 
John