That's a good point about the "future proof" aspects of copy protection. Same goes for file formats, and the computer industry move to "open" non-proprietary document formats, etc. Nobody wants a bunch of files that they cannot open or edit anymore in the future. Something to think about.skyscape wrote:I really love Air's products, but I really hate their copy protection. Your mileage may vary, but every computer I have installed it on I have problems with the PACE anti piracy. Sometimes it stops running by itself and you can't load your instruments until you go back into the windows task manager and start it back up manually. It's more of an inconvenience than anything else, but it is something to think about. I certainly don't think their products will be 'future proof' because they rely on such an invasive copy protection scheme, the smallest little hiccup and you can't load your track. I can see in 10 years time I'll probably have a bunch of tracks I can't load anymore because PACE no longer works or something. That said though, I think their synths are some of the best in the business and I use them all the time, but their rubbish copy protection is a big drawback.
As far as Pace goes, I have heard it both ways. There are some who refuse to go near it, some like you that have issues, and others that run it without any issues whatsoever.
I am in the last category. I have the iLok license manager running on 2 Windows 10 PCs without any hint of trouble. It is also playing happily alongside license managers from Arturia, XLN Audio, Native Instruments, Steinberg, etc., plus my AV protection. I would think that I should see smoke coming from my cooling fans at any moment with all of that license protection running.
So seriously, if Pace is causing any issues, you really should find out what it is conflicting with in your PC configuration. It only seems to happen to some folks. Why is that?
- I have looked at their products a few times but when I realized they were ilok I moved on.
