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Posted by: TheKeplerConjecture Sep 3 2009, 05:22 PM

http://www.line6.com/store/item/154

Need an iLok or Line6 hardware. But I figured I'd share this here in case some of you have one.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 3 2009, 07:47 PM

I'm not exactly familiar of how iLok works. Could somebody explain?

Posted by: David Wallimann Sep 3 2009, 10:08 PM

Ilock is a security device that prevents piracy I think.
I believe it's a USB key of some sort that prevents software to run without it...

Posted by: jafomatic Sep 3 2009, 11:02 PM

the catch being that the ilok isn't free. I never priced them, but it's a usb dongle (as David says) so maybe it could still be fairly cheap? podfarm is an excellent re-amping VST.

Posted by: TheKeplerConjecture Sep 3 2009, 11:21 PM

Yeah. iLok is an anti-piracy mechanism. A usb dongle that needs to be connected whenever running an "iLok licensed" application/plug-in. You buy 1 and it holds the license for multiple products. There are benefits to it, such as it being cross-platform, and you can have multiple installations and move the license around, rather than having a product associated with a specific computer.

This offer is really cool if you already have one. Not nearly as cool if you don't - they cost about $40USD. I just thought many of you might already as it's a very common (albeit sometimes frustrating) copy protection method for music software.

Here's a partial list of compatible software from Wikipedia:

* Antares
* Cycling 74 Max/MSP/Jitter
* iZotope oZone
* McDSP plug-ins (some software purchases include a green iLok key)
* MOTU
* Overloud
* Pro Tools
* Serato
* Virtually all Digidesign plug-ins
* Virtually all Waves Products

Posted by: Sergio Dorado Sep 3 2009, 11:54 PM

The offer is not only for ilook , but all compatible line 6 devices. Pod farm plugin has a great variety of sounds, you can achieve it for free during september. Great opportunity!
It´s a pain- I have it anyway

Posted by: TheKeplerConjecture Sep 4 2009, 03:19 AM

QUOTE (Sergio Dorado @ Sep 3 2009, 07:54 PM)

The offer is not only for ilook , but all compatible line 6 devices. Pod farm plugin has a great variety of sounds, you can achieve it for free during september. Great opportunity!
It´s a pain- I have it anyway

Posted by: Toni Suominen Sep 4 2009, 07:04 AM

I have a PodXT and I just download this and installed it. Works perfectly. Free stuff is awesome