Windows DAW MAC-blocked. What still works?
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:47 pm
Hi,
I'm out of the loop, still using an old XP box with Scope and Cubase from back in the day. That machine works great for me: it does precisely what I need it to do: Record and mix my own gear and some sessions of a band from time to time. Needless to say that machine, since running a prehistoric XP, is MAC-blocked on my router. It worked great for me 20y ago, and it still does. I transfer mixdowns from there to my linux fileserver/mediacenter, and from there to the web (mostly soundcloud or my VPS) it goes. Actually all my machines run linux, except the main audio workstation.
Recently, I've been offered to buy a someone's DSP cards, and I'm thinking of building an extra Scope box for them. Something more modern. And there's no way am I going to let the SpyOS which recent Windows versions have become get access to the internet.
So that makes me wonder: can we make a list here of music software that doesn't require internet access, and for some that do, maybe include "last version" that works without phoning home? Scope is a beautiful example of something that, I imagine, would never require internet access.
I hear Steinberg is doing away with their dongles, and will require internet access. How about Ableton Live, and your fav plugins? Do those still work without connection? And when they do, is that a one-off for registration or is it periodic or? And what about the OS? What Windows versions require an MS account, and what versions do not?
Thanks in advance,
at0m.
I'm out of the loop, still using an old XP box with Scope and Cubase from back in the day. That machine works great for me: it does precisely what I need it to do: Record and mix my own gear and some sessions of a band from time to time. Needless to say that machine, since running a prehistoric XP, is MAC-blocked on my router. It worked great for me 20y ago, and it still does. I transfer mixdowns from there to my linux fileserver/mediacenter, and from there to the web (mostly soundcloud or my VPS) it goes. Actually all my machines run linux, except the main audio workstation.
Recently, I've been offered to buy a someone's DSP cards, and I'm thinking of building an extra Scope box for them. Something more modern. And there's no way am I going to let the SpyOS which recent Windows versions have become get access to the internet.
So that makes me wonder: can we make a list here of music software that doesn't require internet access, and for some that do, maybe include "last version" that works without phoning home? Scope is a beautiful example of something that, I imagine, would never require internet access.
I hear Steinberg is doing away with their dongles, and will require internet access. How about Ableton Live, and your fav plugins? Do those still work without connection? And when they do, is that a one-off for registration or is it periodic or? And what about the OS? What Windows versions require an MS account, and what versions do not?
Thanks in advance,
at0m.