I am at the studio. I am working on a song that requires Recycle to chop up some loops, to load into Stylus as Rex files.
Everything is fine, except Recycle decided to treat me (a paying and registered user) like a criminal and ask me to "insert disc to prove purchase." But I left the disc at home!
I am at the studio, which is a 90 minute roundtrip drive from my house.
I learned that Propellerheads does this --- periodically and randomly, Reason and Recycle will ask you for your disc to prove you are the correct owner. This is Propellerheads idea of software protection. I guess they don't use iLok.
So now my whole session has drawn to a halt because of this paranoid nonsense.
I don't care what anybody says; if your self-protection against piracy involves penalizing and inconveniencing your legitimate customers tutt , you better figure out a new way to protect yourself. 'Cause this sucks and it makes me angry.
I have never stolen software in my life and I have suffered so much red tape and registration/authorization/password/verification gobbledygook. I feel like the guy who pulls up to the gas station after someone has run off without paying. All I want to do is pay for my gas and then, y'know, get my gas.
On my way home to get my installation disc...
dfegad Propellerheads
--- Chad