I still have an old Mac G5 that I stopped using regularly in 2011. There is a registered version of Cubase SE 3 on that computer that I bought in 2006 . I still have the USB dongle that came with it and I could open Cubase when I last tried in 2012.
Now I want to reactivate some ancient unfinished projects but Cubase on the G5 gives me the message below then quits. The Syncrosoft address mentioned no longer exists and there is nothing called eLicenser nor Syncrosoft on the computer.
I can see that USB license listed on my profile when I sign in to my Steinberg account but I can see no options that will let me reactivate it. The reactivate tab only applies to software eLicensers.
I switched to Logic long ago but have just installed a 60-day trial version of Cubase 14 on my current MacBook. I could open the old Cubase projects and I saved out OMF and MIDI files. But when I imported them into Logic there were tempo and sync problems and I can’t get the drums to sound anything like as good as they were before. Hence my desire to complete these projects on the old computer with software that won’t expire in two months. Is there a way to solve this or is everything just too old to be resurrected?
Thank you both for the advice. My old G5 is running Mac OS 10.5.8 so I downloaded and installed the eLicenser package for 10.5. When I ran the program it threw up three variants of the first error message in the image below then the summary in the second message.
I tried launching Cubase anyway and it got past the protection stage and started loading plug-ins only to give me the third error messages then crash. Not sure why it thinks the installation is defective and if I do have the original box with the CD-ROM (I’m not sure) it’s not in the same country as me.
Thanks. I had already tried that and none of the newer versions of the eLicenser program would run.
I realised after further thought it was a few plug-ins that were crashing Cubase on launch so I uninstalled them, tried again, and it now works except for demanding that I reinstall Groove Agent 2.
Not sure how to address that when I don’t where the original installer is. The Unsupported Software section on the Steinberg site has a full installer for Groove Agent 3 but not 2. I tried installing 3 out of curiosity but it wants a DVD-ROM.
Anyone know how to get a MIDI drum track to produce audio output without Groove Agent?
Success! There is a demo of Groove Agent 1 on the FTP server. It took me an hour of fiddling to install it and get the sound routed correctly but it works. There are only two drum kits and two rhythm styles in the demo but one of the kits works for my purposes and the pattern in my song was laid down long ago. Many thanks to everyone who replied.
It is after all, just a teeny tiny program.