After I bought I saw I have an update to Cubase14 in my account.
The moment I used the eLicenser center to put the Verification code- it showed that I now have âCubase Pro 11 (Upgraded to Cubase 12 with Steinberg Licensing)â
I downloaded Cubase14 and it worked, but why do I see in MySteinberg and in the eLicenser that I have Cubase12 as a âSoftwareâ based license?
Answer: migration to Steinberg Licensing is kind of a one-way ticket
Cubase 11: last version within the oldeLicensing system
Cubase 12: first version (March 2022) within the newSteinberg Licensing
between Cubase 11 and 12 â a downwards compatibility breaking âgapâ
like Cubase 11 and any version before, every newer version (like Cubase 14) will again be downwards compatible, yet only backwards to version 12, but not to any older Cubase version (due to the gap, as both licensing systems are incompatible).
the new Steinberg Licensing is an account ID based, dongle-free system
Example 1: a future Cubase user who buys a license for Cubase 22 will also be able to run Cubase 12as the oldest accessible version within Steinberg Licensing
Example 2: if said user still had a working eLicenser USB dongle containing the âfinalizedâ Cubase 11eLicense, they could (given a compatible computer and OS, and âtheoreticallyâ) also install and run Cubase 11, including all older versions of it, way back to Cubase SX 3.
Why on Earth are Cubase selling upgrades from 11 to 14 then???
I bought that, but I could not choose Cubase 11 in the eLincenser for upgrading⌠Used a lot of hour to try to make it work. (Had the newest version)
After 3 weeks without response on my ticket I asked PayPal for the money back and I got itâŚ
But I still would love to get Cubase 14âŚ:-/
But how?
Donât understand your questionâŚBecause you can upgrade from 11 to 14. Why wouldnât they sell it?
If you want to get C14 youâll need to do it before the end of elicenser in March. Iâm sure if you post here with full details of the system and why it wonât install someone will be able to help. Did you check if your 11 license was eligible for Grace period? That one catches a few people out as they find they actually have one version later than they thought already.
Thanks!
Thank you. Thatâs all I needed. It is there so it looks everything is fine.
If I change computer- is it possible to disable it FROM THE NEW COMPUTER?
Lets say my computer is having a problem and cannot be up anymore.
Also - Can I throw the eLicenser now? As I think I donât need it anymore, right?
Yes, definitely! You can remove replaced or computers no longer in use. Login to your MySteinberg account. Go to âProductsâ and click on âDeactivate licenses on unavailable computersâ.
If you have Cubase 14 up and running and no other applications are running on the elicencer you wonât need it anymore.
However, if youâd ever want to run Cubase 10 for any reason, like old projects with plugins that were used in this version that wonât run on Cubase 14 or later, it might be a good idea to just keep it and store it in save place (And save the latest (last!) elicencer sofware)? Because Cubase 10 wonât run under the new Activation Manager. Youâll need the elicencer to run it.
I just got the latest versions of eLincenser and Activation Manager.
After purchasing the C11 to C14 upgrade and using Activation Manager it said I should select C11 in eLincenser to upgrade it, but as the picture shows it was greyed out and could not be selected⌠So I could not activate Cubase Pro 14 :-/
None of your licenses are showing as available (No entry signs). So your usb elicenser isnât being recognised. Check itâs plugged in, try a different usb port, update elicenser software, you need these no entry signs to go away before anything else can work. If youâve been using C11 then presumably your licenses were available at that point so maybe you unplugged the elicenser since then??
Your license is grace period eligible so you can upgrade for free to C12. SO the upgrade you need to buy if you want to upgrade is the 12 to 14 one. Of course 12 is already on Steinberg licensing so you can update anytimeâŚno need to do it before elicenser shutdown.
Well I got the eLicenser when I bought Cubase 6 and have been upgrading 2 times to Cubase Pro 11. I think the eLicenser is working when I run C11, because if I remove the dungle C11 will not start.
If I log in to My Steinberg it shows:
and 6 more errors (where it says failed). These kind of errors has shown the last monthsâŚ
Canât see where else in the Steinberg download assistant to upgrade C11 to C12 âŚ
Sorry the place to do the grace period update itâs in activation manager not download assistant⌠But I think youâll still have problems if your download assistant is failing. Try to research download assistant issues and see if any fixes work.
Yeah! This is a hard nut to crack;)
In the activation manager there is only listed Cubase Pro 14 with the Verification Pending Expired (Because it would not activate⌠No C11 or C12 there).
I have downloaded C14, but it would not activated, so Iâm not sure this problem is because of downloading issues.
Maybe my eLincenser is half broke? It works when running C11, but the upgrade part does not work.
I have send in a ticket again to Steinberg telling about the problem asking for a discount of a full Cubase Pro 14 that maches the price I should pay for for the C11 to C14 upgrade.
I believe that is the best solution to my problem⌠but no response as usual:-/
Thx Grim
But I have no Download Access Code for Cubase 12âŚ
In your link they ask for: Unused Download Access Code or Activation Code If you have an unused Download Access Code or Activation Code for a Steinberg program, please redeem it first
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