License for SX3

[DitaminV]

The point though is incorporating some kind of middleman that can speak to the protection code in old Cubase and the new licensing system.

Simply wiping your hands and cutting off access to 20+ years of Cubase based around an incompatibility in your new licensing scheme (that is in your control to modify) makes even less sense.

I’m pretty sure the smart engineers at Steinberg could rectify this with some kind of middleman software. And I doubt it would be a massive undertaking. I was hoping Steinberg could show a bit of goodwill at their legacy and with their customers on this.

[JuergenP]

@DitaminV

The point though is incorporating some kind of middleman that can speak to the protection code in old Cubase and the new licensing system

That would be simply another point of failure, the licensing systems are fundamentally different.

@DitaminV

Simply wiping your hands and cutting off access to 20+ years of Cubase

No software company in the world offers a life long support for old products. This is not just Steinberg, it is the way the software World works.

[Martin.Jirsak]

Hi,

@JuergenP

it is the way the software World works.

Same as the hardware world. No one can support old products forever.

[DitaminV]

A point of failure that hasn’t failed since it is currently in use since version 12.

I’m not asking for life long support for old products, such as bug fixes or compatibility with Operating Systems, but simply retaining access to previously purchased products. And I think if …illegitimate outlets… can offer such a feature, the company legitimately who owns and released the software, can offer access to the same software.

This is like firing someone from a job by telling them they need to work in a specific office they don’t have a key for. Sorry, since you didn’t perform your work in the office, you have failed your duties and are terminated.

I’m just asking for the new key to the door.

[MrSoundman]

Please support @raino 's feature request:

Please create a Project filetype conversion tool before the eLicense retires

Right now a bunch of folks have Cubase 3 installed for the sole purpose of converting older Projects into .cpr files. The move to the new licensing and the coming retirement of the eLicense are making this approach less and less viable. Steinberg should make a simple utility that takes an .all or .arr file and spits out a .cpr file.