Eleoquence Demo Restriction.

[OCYL4T3]

Eloquence really suits my needs, and I plan on buying it soon, but I'd really like to suggest to Sugar-Bytes to change the way they restrict their demo. I can understand disabling saving, however the 30min deactivation is counter productive to trying to wrap your head around the program. Just after I get everything routed and find the right patch, the program locks up. I would much prefer to have 2 weeks without the timeout, so I can go deeper into the program. Having to reset up everything will probably just discourage people from exploring the program and finding how it can enhance their current workflow. The inability to save your work when you're done is more than enough of a restriction by itself to encourage people to register.

Best,

G=-,

[JPark83]

I think if you can't decide within 30 minutes that it's for you, then you need to make the decision. It's only $130 bucks U.S. That's alot for some people, I know, but compared to hardware, it's a drop in the bucket. I think the focus from SB is to let you get a feel for what it does and see if it fits in to your musical goals. I could do this within a few 30 minute sessions.

I found with the Waldorf Largo demo that I had it for 30 days, and then wound up getting just a tad bored with it, and decided to hold off on buying it. It's a totally killer synth. But had they given me 30 minute sessions for a couple or weeks, I might have made the commitment.

[jensa]

I found with the Waldorf Largo demo that I had it for 30 days, and then wound up getting just a tad bored with it, and decided to hold off on buying it. It's a totally killer synth. But had they given me 30 minute sessions for a couple or weeks, I might have made the commitment.

So good for the consumer and bad for Waldorf. With Eloquence it's bad for the consumer and good for Sugar Bytes... That's kinda what I read from your text.

[OCYL4T3]

I found with the Waldorf Largo demo that I had it for 30 days, and then wound up getting just a tad bored with it, and decided to hold off on buying it. It's a totally killer synth. But had they given me 30 minute sessions for a couple or weeks, I might have made the commitment.

Right, so it sounds like I'm a far smarter consumer than you are, and I'm afraid there are lots of us out there. I'm not going to buy a product on a whim. I don't need a bunch of VST sitting around gathering virtual dust. If I can't find a way to fit a VST into my work flow, I don't buy it. The point of a demo is to give the users an opportunity to get deep into a program before they shell out for it, unless you're not in the business of making music, and are only collecting vsts & synths.


Best,

G=-,

[JPark83]

I think spending 30 minutes per day for 30 days is plenty of time to figure out if Eloquence is for me. I figured it out within 1 session. But to each his own. There seems to be no optimum way to set up a demo restriction. I would vote for full usage for 15 days.

[musikmachine]

^You can use it as many times as you want each day anyway. I think it would be great if you could save good sequences you created while using the demo but were unable to reload until you bought the full version if this is even possible. Otoh if you do implement midi import it would be easy enough to record the midi output and reload the sequences later.

[dixie237]

^You can use it as many times as you want each day anyway. I think it would be great if you could save good sequences you created while using the demo but were unable to reload until you bought the full version if this is even possible. Otoh if you do implement midi import it would be easy enough to record the midi output and reload the sequences later.

from SB site re demo restrictions

"Settings will be saved with the song file, but the demo won't recall them. The full version will load settings made with the demo."

[musikmachine]

^You can use it as many times as you want each day anyway. I think it would be great if you could save good sequences you created while using the demo but were unable to reload until you bought the full version if this is even possible. Otoh if you do implement midi import it would be easy enough to record the midi output and reload the sequences later.

from SB site re demo restrictions

"Settings will be saved with the song file, but the demo won't recall them. The full version will load settings made with the demo."

Schweet! I've been saving projects with the intention of trying to recreate the sequences from recorded midi parts but this works for me. Nice work SB!