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Originally Posted by kpaw  I'm a bit confused about this. I've been using Cubase4 for two years on my main machine and a laptop. I find that having to use a dongle is no big deal. Yet, I've read people who hate dongles with so much venom that you'd swear that the only thing worse than a dongle is total nuclear warfare. 90% of the time I never even see it, as it is plugged into my machine. If I need a quick remote recording on my laptop all I have to do is pull the thing out of my main machine and make sure I don't lose it.
The only downside I see is if you lose it or somehow break it and can't get it replaced. What's the deal here? What am I missing? |
Pretty easy to explain about the complaints. I have posted about it on another thread about iloks and dongles. When you move around alot from session to session at different locations it gets to be a big pain, especially when you have multiples for different daws and such. You get to location and remember ahh f**k that dongle is in my mac at home etc....When sessions run late and you are tired as hell it is very easy to leave it in the computer. I'm also lazy and have a basement and a jam room upstairs in my house, I can't tell you how many trips I have made for that one.
I have also used cubase for years now and those dongles do wear out. The crappy leads have a life that isn't as long as one would think if you are moving from machine to machine all the time. I bought a hub back when I bought SX3 for that very purpose. Now using 5 I do the same. It helps, but still is easy to forget about.