I took advantage of the lockdown offer of Elements for two months, and liked it a lot. I decided to get it but opted to go one up for Artist because various features are excluded from Elements (e.g. audio warp).
I downloaded the Artist trial - and it WAS the Artist installer I got because is says so - but when went to enter the activation code Steinberg sent me, it says to license ‘Elements’. But I specifically want to see whether I can get to grips with the extra Artist features before I buy. If I can’t I shall save myself £200 and stick with Elements (with which I’m already familiar).
So what gives? To repeat it is Artist I want to trial. How do I do that?
This is all getting bizarre. Trying to get it all to work, I finally decided to enter the activation code I was sent and sort out the problem of Artist/Elements later. I already had an eLicenser from when years ago I bought Cubase 5.
Trial for Cubase 10.5 registered, due to end on July 18. But when I then launch Cubase (to try it out, the whole point of all this faffing around!) I’m told there is no code even though I was told a code had been downloaded and the software is registered on my eLicenser.
It shows up on the eLicenser, but not on the Steinberg website. I did - re-registered and updated records - but nothing helps.
I thought I hadn’t registered properly and re-entered the activation code, only to be told it was already registered and couldn’t be used (obviously ‘already registered by me!).
What is going on? This kind of simple operation should work seamlessly. It isn’t.
When you launch which Cubase? The code you downloaded is an Elements license. If you launch Cubase Artist, then yes, it will not find a valid license, since yours is only an elements license.