Not any longer after the next release... at least not with the actual or future releases...
Why is FL Studio so popular?
- Banned
- 11467 posts since 4 Jan, 2017 from Warsaw, Poland
It's just a stupid joke. Sorry
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- KVRAF
- 4459 posts since 27 Jul, 2004
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- KVRist
- 453 posts since 30 May, 2019
Wasn't FL Studio already one of the most difficult DAWs to circumvent?
I guess the new 2FA methods Image-Line are introducing for version 20.9 will make it even harder for those illegitimate users to continue to do so, without paying their dues.
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- KVRAF
- 4459 posts since 27 Jul, 2004
Not really...
Every new version appeared one or 2 days later on the typical torrent sites...
Same goes for Ableton and Studio One...
The problem is that many Hackers outside know this stuff better than the most developers and there is always one principle...
Everything digital can be hacked... it´s just a matter of time...
I don´t know if the new verification for regkeys will eliminate all cracks but it will for sure slow them down a lot...
- KVRAF
- 2237 posts since 25 Sep, 2014 from Specific Northwest
Unless they change their copy protection scheme with each version, new kracks are trivial.
Unfortunately, given enough time and ingenuity, every software is krackable, even if you resort to calling home or morphing your code internally. Those just make it more challenging for those who have nothing more productive to do.
Unfortunately, given enough time and ingenuity, every software is krackable, even if you resort to calling home or morphing your code internally. Those just make it more challenging for those who have nothing more productive to do.
I started on Logic 5 with a PowerBook G4 550Mhz. I now have a MacBook Air M1 and it's ~165x faster! So, why is my music not proportionally better?
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- KVRAF
- 4459 posts since 27 Jul, 2004
Sadly...yes... apart from the pure "sharing with friends" guys...syntonica wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:45 pm Unless they change their copy protection scheme with each version, new kracks are trivial.
Unfortunately, given enough time and ingenuity, every software is krackable, even if you resort to calling home or morphing your code internally. Those just make it more challenging for those who have nothing more productive to do.
But for a software company time matters...
You will never reach the 100% crack heads... but they do not count at all...
But you can reach the...let´s call them the "Undecided" ... people who would buy and do have the money to buy... but as long as it is more easy to use it for free... well, why not!
If you release an update which really calls their attention and they cannot wait to get their hands on but you forced the hackers having to invest a couple of weeks to get their crack done properly, there will be for sure one or the other who pulls the trigger and don´t want to wait any longer...
These are the interesting persons to reach with such measures imho...
I know what I am talking about as I didn´t behave different years ago!!
Developers of small companies can perhaps testify this even better...
I know from one who told me that after releasing a new version sales went up until the moment when the crack came out... sales went down by a huge margin...
So gaining time is crucial... to keep the sales as steady as possible for a longer period of time before being influenced again by an appearing illegal version...
- KVRAF
- 2237 posts since 25 Sep, 2014 from Specific Northwest
You mean the "group" buys?
You mean like ransomware? That's a great idea!...If you release an update which really calls their attention ...
I remember back in the 16-bit floppy days if you were unable to correctly answer the secret manual-related question, the software in question would throw up a full-screen skull and crossbones and berate you for piracy.
I started on Logic 5 with a PowerBook G4 550Mhz. I now have a MacBook Air M1 and it's ~165x faster! So, why is my music not proportionally better?
- KVRAF
- 1900 posts since 8 Jan, 2005
Or simply omit crucial items you need to complete the games. Lucas Arts where very mean. You would run around trying to solve the adventure thinking that there must be something you just missed....
void main(dumb)
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- KVRAF
- 2751 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from Central NY
For the same reason Hot Pockets are so popular.
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- Banned
- 71 posts since 1 Dec, 2021
Most of the most modern genres like EDM/TRAP/RAP have a lot of tutorials on Youtube made on FL Studio so new generarion beginners learn to produce on it. Also their free life times updates makes it the most affordable and worthy DAW out there in terms of what you get in the pack. Also another factor might be that it's the easier to crack DAW for some reason.
I started producing on FL Studio because my inspirations (Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens...etc) were producing in it. Nowadays I use Ableton. The workflow in FL Studio is just too slow and little intuitive compared to Ableton. Also the extra automation lanes made my projects very messy. Miss the piano roll and step sequencer though!
I started producing on FL Studio because my inspirations (Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens...etc) were producing in it. Nowadays I use Ableton. The workflow in FL Studio is just too slow and little intuitive compared to Ableton. Also the extra automation lanes made my projects very messy. Miss the piano roll and step sequencer though!
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- KVRist
- 291 posts since 6 Aug, 2021
As someone who used FL more than 5 years and recently got into Studio One, I really miss the piano roll and step sequencer too. Studio One has step sequencer, and feature-wise it's much better than FL but it doesn't feel like it's very usable maybe because it's not in the core of the DAW like it's in FL.LAV888 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:26 pm Most of the most modern genres like EDM/TRAP/RAP have a lot of tutorials on Youtube made on FL Studio so new generarion beginners learn to produce on it. Also their free life times updates makes it the most affordable and worthy DAW out there in terms of what you get in the pack. Also another factor might be that it's the easier to crack DAW for some reason.
I started producing on FL Studio because my inspirations (Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens...etc) were producing in it. Nowadays I use Ableton. The workflow in FL Studio is just too slow and little intuitive compared to Ableton. Also the extra automation lanes made my projects very messy. Miss the piano roll and step sequencer though!
And the FL piano roll, I really miss it because no other DAW I tried has a smooth piano roll that is easy to draw/edit notes and navigate around like in FL.
- KVRist
- 253 posts since 19 May, 2017 from Ukraine, Odesa
I really do not understand, why many users think that FL piano roll is the best. It is perhaps they do not use any other options.
FL PR is the best compared to what? Ableton? - Yes, clearly it is better than Ableton.
Compared to Cubase? (or even studio one) - of course not.
Can it be the best because you are used to it? Can be. But function-wise, no, it is not the best.
FL PR is the best compared to what? Ableton? - Yes, clearly it is better than Ableton.
Compared to Cubase? (or even studio one) - of course not.
Can it be the best because you are used to it? Can be. But function-wise, no, it is not the best.