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Originally posted by abacus:
Without a UAD board the plug-ins wont work, (No sound engine) so what would be the point of cracking them, as you would still need a UAD board.
BTW the UAD like the Pulsar 2 is programmable, and it is easy to read the binary code used, (Its converted to decimal for easy entry) but what’s the point as you still need the sound engine on the card.

Bill


Because the board is cheap (a few hundred dollars) but the plug-ins can total THOUSANDS extra. Tens of thousands of people have the board but no-one has ever cracked the copy protection, and ALL the software is fully functional. You don't download a demo version, the OS has ALL the fully functional versions in it of ALL the plug-ins. But they time out after a demo period, and that's IT...

Until you pay for the authorizations, absolutely NOTHING can make them run again. Pretty good, eh?

BTW, if you have never used a UAD-1 card, I HIGHLY recommend them. They just came out with new, higher plug-in count versions in PCI-Express form, and the plug-ins ROCK. Best compressors, EQ's, vintage channel strips, transient designers, you name it. Worth every penny and no way to cheat! Buy one of these, load it up with plug-ins, and you can guarantee that no bedroom jockey is using the same thing for free

That's more than you can say for MOST software plug-ins, these days. Half of it doesn't even run well because of all the useless PACE and other protection schemes they write in.
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