can't you just install the software on a workstation and laptop and move the dongle to the system that needs the license? Or is the dongle linked to a system somehow? Out of curiosity, why is a dongle a problem. I just don't think I can do the dongle thing. Don't mean to be maudlin but I simply won't be able to keep doing what I do. But I'm stunned by how sad I am right now. Philippe has been nothing short of exemplary with his technical support as well. It's also made my life a bit easier, more efficient and more enjoyable by allowing me to work on different systems. For years I tell people that it's my idea of how all software should be written. Glad I found some new plug-ins made by others. More than three weeks later (holidays notwithstanding), three followup emails later, and I still haven't heard from them. Said it was registered to someone else! I ended up having to scan the damn dongle, convert to PDF, and email the thing to Waves to prove my ownership. Long distance calls and time spent, they didn't have one of my dongles in their system.

Just before Christmas I developed a prob with one of two Waves dongles so they couldn't get me upgraded to a newer version. It uses no copyright protection and the last time I looked, Cakewalk was a hugely successful company. Do I trust myself to not forget the dongle at the last place I was at? Not a chance in hell.Īfter using some form of Cubase since, I think, 1990 (Cuebeat on an Atari ST) I believe I've had enough. In any event, am I the only person that regularly works at more than one computer? Aside from the defective dongle concern, I not only spend time in my studio but I'd go crazy if I couldn't work at home, or on my laptop, or in the meeting room. I had to pay for my second backup dongle for Cubase.

My view and anecdote, FWIW, on the dongle thing as expressed in the WaveLab forum:

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