It seems like i need a USB eLicenser

I installed the free trial of Cubase 11 Pro. It cannot open it; it seems like i need a USB eLicenser. This is surprising for me, I have never used that with Dorico, for example (only the eLicense Control Center app). Is it really so, do I have to buy this USB thing to get access during the free trial period?

They do make it pretty clear on the Cubase Pro 11 Trial page:

If you can just wait for Cubase 12 to be released you can use the new licensing method Dorico is now using.

Lookup Steinberg Licensing.

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Hi,

Yes, you do.

Cubase Pro 11 needs the USB-eLicenser, Cubase Elements doesn’t need it. Dorico is USB-eLicenser free for all editions from the very beginning.

Once Cubase 12 will be released then all Cubase editions will be USB-eLicenser free (based on the new licenses system).

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Thanks a lot. Having used no other Steinberg program than Dorico, I must have become eLicenser blind. I do not have time to wait for the update, unfortunately. Must I by nessecity use an eLicenser bought through Steinberg, or will the one I find in my local store do?

Yes.
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