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Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
Avid have introduced a new system of licensing first to Media Composer last week and now Sibelius called Avid Cloud Licensing:
https://www.avid.com/resource-center...loud-licensing The basics - each user can have two activations on two different computers. Although it is called Cloud Licensing, it works differently to iLok Cloud, which requires an internet connection to work. With Avid Cloud Licensing, it only needs periodic checks (as I understand it) and it is possible to make it offline only for up to 7 days. (Curiously, Cubase 12 was to have a similar system that required a 30 day check, but this week they backtracked to make it permanent once activated - ie no need to be online at all once set up). I can see pros and cons with this, but it would be interesting as an option for Pro Tools. Any chance of it happening, does anyone think?
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Re: Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
I'm tired of all the different Auth schemes. Everyone has a different one.
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Re: Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
Better hope you have a sold internet connection or the AVID server doesn't go down.
I know people who had licenses in the iLok Cloud that got screwed because the server wasn't working and had a serious deadline. I had a 9 hour internet outage a month ago. I wouldn't be able to deal with the downtime. |
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Re: Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
Many places won't allow production content computers connected to the outside world. This looks to be something for small shops, independents and writer/composers. For us the connections are either shut off when not needed at the router or firewall or air gapped from the business network. A seven day window would be a hassle for a production shop that didn't normally connect them. I'd rather have dongles or per computer auths.
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Re: Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
I already have Cloud Authorization for Protools via iLok....curious, what difference does it make if Avid offers this, or you just use it via iLok?
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It also might be possible to run it on 2 machines simultaneously, but I'm not 100% on that.
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I will happily keep using a physical iLok
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Re: Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
^^^I would also like to keep using a physical iLok. Sometimes I arrange and edit songs during a flight (no Internet access) and using a physical iLok allows me to do that.
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Re: Is Avid Cloud Licensing coming to Pro Tools?
Just to state the obvious - a big advantage of ACL would be you could still do that and NOT need the dongle.
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