Cakewalk Pro Audio8 vs. Cubase VST 24

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I am investing in a hard disk record system for home. I am torn between Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 and Cubase VST 24. I am really turned off by Cubase VST 24 dongle.

Does anyone have a strong opinion on which software delivers better results for a semi-pro home studio recording synth, accoustic and electric guitars and vocals?
 
I've heard about this "dongle" controversy, but don't quite undertand it. Since this is the newbies section, please define/explain it.
 
Hi Drstawl..

The dongle refers to a piece of hardware that must be connected to your parallel port(whatever port.. not always //). otherwise the software will not fuction. This concept has been around for a long time, often found on high end CAD/CAM type software.

Emeric


[This message has been edited by Emeric (edited 08-22-1999).]
 
Well a parallel dongle would certainly suck, but a USB version shouldn't cause too much grief due to the increased bandwidth and port sharing capabilities of this type of port. But I still need more info. What data (if any) is transferred via this connection and to what does the other end get connected?
Cubase is software. What additional hardware is involved?
Reading your answer to the same post in another forum has led me to conclude that this is just a thingie that is supplied with the software to unlock it from its otherwise
locked state. Attached to your computer like a leach, with no other connection to another device. This would rquire some sort of regular polling of the key to verify that the
program wasn't being pirated. And this probably doesn't require enough CPU power to be of concern, but it is rather intrusive.
Have I got it right?

[This message has been edited by drstawl (edited 08-23-1999).]
 
Hi DrStawl,

Yes that's pretty much it. Just a module connected to the parallel port. The software verifies that the dongle is connected, if it is great. If not the software will not function.

Emeric
 
Aside from being a silly word that sounds like it should refer to something else, a dongle, a little doodah you plug into a port, is basically a key that enables software to run, but whose purpose is to keep the software from being pirated. Oh, you can make all the copies of the disk that you want, but the version of the software they sent you requires your dongle to operate. No
dongle, no running the program. So, nobody pirates the software. Especially useful for expensive software aimed at a small market - specialist stuff.

[This message has been edited by dobro (edited 08-25-1999).]
 
Sure would hate to accidentally break my dongle! That even sounds painful... :)
 
eeeekkk ... not lining up your dongle before inserting it into the port could suck too.. OUCH ... :D

- eddie -
 
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