Dongle?

[DJTempo]

I'm looking at an MBox Mini (with PT8) at a pawn shop. Does it require an iLok dongle to authorize it, or do the MBox units act as the authorization?

I appreciate Avid/Digidesigns' need/desire to keep this stuff legit, but it makes purchasing "used" stuff rather difficult.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by DJTempo

I'm looking at an MBox Mini (with PT8) at a pawn shop. Does it require an iLok dongle to authorize it, or do the MBox units act as the authorization?

I appreciate Avid/Digidesigns' need/desire to keep this stuff legit, but it makes purchasing "used" stuff rather difficult.

Pro Tools 8 LE (there is no just "Pro Tools 8") uses the interface as the license authorization. Pro Tools 9 (there is no "Pro tools 9 LE") or later uses an iLok dongle.

If the box has been opened and a chance the registration has been used you also need to make sure you also have an Avid transfer of ownership paperwork completed. See http://www.avid.com/US/support/transfer/audio. If the current owner (e.g. the pawn store) are not the registered owner with Avid or they have not already done this paperwork with whoever sold to them you may be out of luck.

Buyer beware. You don't want to get stuck with a system where its not registered to you and therefore may have problems in future doing hardware/software upgrades/crossgrades.

Darryl