Hector Osbert
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Hello HomeRecording members,
15 years ago i posted in this forum asking for a dongle crack for Cubase SX2. I recall it generated a bit of discussion at the time. I remembered the post recently, wondered if i could find it and here i am. I guess i wanted to re-evaluate the situation from a (hopefully) more mature perspective and i also wonder if any of the people who were so angry at me at the time are still regulars here.
Here is the post in question: homerecording .com/bbs/user-forums-by-brand/steinberg-cubase-user-forum/dongle-crack-sx-2-a-120710/
Ok, so obviously it was a stupid thing to ask for a crack in this forum. I probably shouldn't have been so indignant in my responses too. What i did find kind of cool though was how it generated a discussion on intellectual property because i learned a lot from it, and i hope that others found it useful as well.
I was 21 or 22 and totally new to DAWs and music software and really didn't understand their worth. I guess most of the DAW based music i had heard at that point was really cheesy and i kind of felt it was just an extension of those lame 90s digital instrument sample packs, glorified elevator music basically. We are talking the early 2000s and i had only used a little bit of analogue gear up to that point.
I quite rightly got some terse and curt responses, and at the time the only way i could handle confrontation was just by being a dick.
I do feel some of the comments were a bit harsh and got personal but i had painted a target on myself by that point, and people here seemed to have quite a bit of fun with it. I find it interesting that calling me 'asexual' in the poll was deemed the worst insult. Different times.
I did find the crack eventually and it ran like shit on my machine as was to be expected. Made some fun ghettotech/electropunk/breakcore though.
I don't regret cracking it. I think we collectively understand at this point that it wasn't so much about stealing as it was convenience. I just wanted a demo basically. Maybe i didn't go about it in the right way but i can't imagine some kid today getting the same amount of vitriol for wanting to try out some pirated music software.
I managed to persevere despite this board's concern for my several deficiencies and am a sound engineer and musician. I don't use Cubase as my DAW but it was my first experience with midi and will always have a soft spot for it. And yes, i buy my own software now. Once i made the switch from hobbyist to professional it was a no-brainer.
And to complete the circle of life, i also make sample libraries - some of which have been pirated! I think we've come to think of the concept of piracy as inevitable now and factor it in.
Nice to see this forum still exists and my shame has been recorded for posterity. If anyone from the original post reads this, hope you're doing well.
15 years ago i posted in this forum asking for a dongle crack for Cubase SX2. I recall it generated a bit of discussion at the time. I remembered the post recently, wondered if i could find it and here i am. I guess i wanted to re-evaluate the situation from a (hopefully) more mature perspective and i also wonder if any of the people who were so angry at me at the time are still regulars here.
Here is the post in question: homerecording .com/bbs/user-forums-by-brand/steinberg-cubase-user-forum/dongle-crack-sx-2-a-120710/
Ok, so obviously it was a stupid thing to ask for a crack in this forum. I probably shouldn't have been so indignant in my responses too. What i did find kind of cool though was how it generated a discussion on intellectual property because i learned a lot from it, and i hope that others found it useful as well.
I was 21 or 22 and totally new to DAWs and music software and really didn't understand their worth. I guess most of the DAW based music i had heard at that point was really cheesy and i kind of felt it was just an extension of those lame 90s digital instrument sample packs, glorified elevator music basically. We are talking the early 2000s and i had only used a little bit of analogue gear up to that point.
I quite rightly got some terse and curt responses, and at the time the only way i could handle confrontation was just by being a dick.
I do feel some of the comments were a bit harsh and got personal but i had painted a target on myself by that point, and people here seemed to have quite a bit of fun with it. I find it interesting that calling me 'asexual' in the poll was deemed the worst insult. Different times.
I did find the crack eventually and it ran like shit on my machine as was to be expected. Made some fun ghettotech/electropunk/breakcore though.
I don't regret cracking it. I think we collectively understand at this point that it wasn't so much about stealing as it was convenience. I just wanted a demo basically. Maybe i didn't go about it in the right way but i can't imagine some kid today getting the same amount of vitriol for wanting to try out some pirated music software.
I managed to persevere despite this board's concern for my several deficiencies and am a sound engineer and musician. I don't use Cubase as my DAW but it was my first experience with midi and will always have a soft spot for it. And yes, i buy my own software now. Once i made the switch from hobbyist to professional it was a no-brainer.
And to complete the circle of life, i also make sample libraries - some of which have been pirated! I think we've come to think of the concept of piracy as inevitable now and factor it in.
Nice to see this forum still exists and my shame has been recorded for posterity. If anyone from the original post reads this, hope you're doing well.