I have the current reason 12.6 on my main computer authorized >I guess now for a year and then reauthorized in a year if reason remains solvent and there are no unexpected internet problems... sigh... ok I guess. BUT, I have reason 10, on a 2012 MacBook Pro, for field recordings, on an older laptop that functions fine with the current configuration including all the racks I need , authorized on a dongle. If sync all is gone and a developer updates a rack, does this also mean no more updates or bug fixes for racks that work on both systems> that I purchased for both systems? Occasionally Reason 10 also asks to re-sync licences (rewrite licences )although nothing has changed ,and nothing was purchased. Does this mean the connection to the server that re-syncs the licences will no longer function???
I purchased or received over 16 pages of racks that I use on both machines. I need no more devices and would like the software I purchased as a perpetual user to continue to work the way it works now until my field music studio computer dies. I don't need to buy anymore racks for it at all, but would like the updates from the many developers that update their racks often to work under the agreement> I bought the software. If I need a new rack I can use it on my main computer. No big deal there.
Do I have to authorize any updates at home... put the computer to sleep and travel to the gig now? This makes little sense to me.
I remember "backward compatible" was a thing that the Propellor Heads >or now Reason Studios prided themselves upon and used that as a selling feature for countless years. How hard is it really, for them to have a page on their server to sync what you purchased on an ignition stick to use in off line mode as the product was advertised to do... and does do now. Seriously
How hard is that really to do... it is a damn web page that doesn't change, unless they remove it.
Right now I buy racks or get updates on my main computer... then... I use sync all with my ignition stick on my old laptop running Reason 10 with ABSOLUTELY no problems....
Where sync all started screwing up was when reason 11 and 12 were released( both perpetual purchased> THIS sync all and sync problem was not progress, it was a hindrance that was introduced by the company when they updated the software, but refused to deal with the sync all issue that existed in reason 11 and 12> until 2 years into reason 12, with 12.6 and a NEW authorization system... um wow.)... the newer programs had problems syncing racks BIG TIME, but the old reason 10 IS flawless and fast, with code meter and the Dongle they sold me to work off line.
This seems like 2 steps backward and kind of insulting, as I have invested heavily in this company since Rebirth. It is concerning to me at any rate. I don't change anything on my old laptop but the updates and racks I purchase. No OS updates... No other updates... Only Reason. I time machine backup every time as well. If my computer isn't fried... Reason 10 should work offline with the dongle with no need to connect to the net unless a rack I purchased is updated or reason decides for some unknown reason it needs to arbitrarily update licences that were already licensed.
EVERY perpetual licence I have purchased from countless companies >continue to work as they did when I purchased them for the machines I purchased them for... including protools that I have on Five 15 to 20 year old ancient apple computers, and ALL the software programs and plugins I bought at that time> except of course accessing the web was taken away due to "progress"
i Do NOT need the web for the programs to work either.
I created a feature film with 5 of these slow computers, working around the clock for MANY years. They still work as well. The G5 overheated and died a terrible death ... but 2 G3's, a G4 and ( believe it or not) a 6400, still work as they did with the software I purchased for them.
I hope someone from reason studios addresses this because I all see here is "Danger ,Will Robinson, Danger !"
... or perhaps I am reading more into this then I should.
Paragraphs for the diction police added afterward LOL
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