Hello,
You also mentioned working on a dongle-free trial for Cubase 7. That seems critical from a business/logic perspective. Can you even estimate how much business is lost due to this? Potential customers are forced to buy a proprietary dongle before they can even trial Cubase. They cannot simply download and try; they actually have to go out and buy this thing, or order it and wait for delivery. Then, if they want the full version, they get another dongle.
Will a dongle-free trial be available in the near future?
We are aware of this, for the time being customers will be able to trial Cubase Elements 7 without a dongle(The trial has not been released yet), it lacks some of the features in Cubase 7 (full version) but it will give future customers a feel of the software.
Unfortunately I do not see a dongle-free trial for Cubase 7 in the near future.
Many things have to be considered.
Thank you for choosing Cubase.
Best regards,
GN