This is such an interesting read, specially now that I am looking for a Nuendo 1.x dongle for Mac like the one in the pictures!!!
Unfortunately my Nuendo 3 USB Licenser is not backwards compatible with Nuendo 1.x -at least on a Mac I can confirm it is not working. It has no problem running Nuendo 2.0, it seems like the backwards compatibility starts at v2.
Maybe one of your old unused dongles would really help me out!!! I am looking to purchase one and would be interested. I am talking to you zvenx, jjb and company
Let me know if you have a Nuendo 1.x dongle for Mac lying around somewhere and have no use for it!!
MusicWorks implies that his Nuendo 3 USB dongle doesn’t work with Nuendo 1.x projects. I’ve found a similar situation in that Cubase SX/SL 1 and earlier projects won’t load with my Cubase 7 dongle.
So if you are a long term user and need to go back to or reuse a very early project you can’t .
The only way is to build a legacy system.
That is correct, I can confirm that backwards compatibility starts at v2.0 for the N3 dongle. Which in turn seems to coincide with the standarization of the eLCC software/server combination to manage Steinberg licenses.
Given they were using different copy protection schemes at the time for Nuendo (the white parallel dongle for Windows and the USB dongle pictured in this post for Mac) and they finally settled for Steinberg propietary eLicense technology for ALL products (starting with v2 of Nuendo) my personal take is that Steinberg probably licensed the iLok copy protection scheme as an interim solution.
At the time Cubase authorization required having the original CD in the drive for installation. The installer would checksum the CD to verify its authenticity and then place the (invisible) authorization file on the hard drive. It’s probably also relevant the fact that having USB copy protection schemes -although ground-breaking at the time- left most old Mac users out as these had no USB ports.
Nuendo required a G4 processor from the get go, while Cubase VST/24 could run in al Old Rom Mac quite happily, so it made sense using a USB licensing technology considering all G4s have USB ports.
In my case, I just love Mac OS9 and is rock solid for me in my old PowerBook G4 which I use daily. A matter of preference at the end of the day, as Nuendo was a very mature software from the start. Certain features are added in each version of course, but honestly how many times have we used TimeWarp for picture?
This Nuendo 1 iLok is certainly a transition period for the softwares copy protection scheme…another user has confirmed it is indeed an actual iLok. Thus, I believe they licensed it from PACE for N1 on Mac only.
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