No, it doesn't, because iLok works whether it is dark or bright, rainy or windy, hot or cold. It's more like a fingerprint reader - if you use it properly, it always works.nIGhT-SoN wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:30 amWhat if your car had a lock that would open the door only to your face? Let's assume sometimes it doesn't recognizes your face because it's dark, because you're wearing a mask, because it's foggy outside etc. Would that be fun? Especially when you are in a hurry. I think that explains iLok and other similar protections.
I've probably updated Windows hundreds of times over the years and it has never once changed the name/ID of any computer of mine. You may as well ask what I'd do if aliens beamed down and took my laptop because I think that is about as likely.Believe me, I have iLok plugins and I hate that protection from my guts. It so happens to get a windows update that changes your computer id/name and guess what, you have to contact every vendor to release the plugins activation from "previous" computer.
Yes but, for the third time now, they are IRRELEVANT FACTS. The sky is blue is also a fact and is equally relevant to this discussion. I've asked repeatedly why you latency matters, I've demonstrated why it isn't and you still refuse to even try to understand.apoclypse wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:20 pmThe top performing audio interfaces are almost all TB devices. That's facts.
Why would I run a hardware synth through my interface? It goes the other way around - on stage I use either my Ultranova or Analog Keys as the audio interface, so getting close to the same latency means they will be more closely in time.Your argument is that synths have latency so it shouldn't matter? Okay so If your synth has 20ms of latency, your interface as 10ms of latency, that's 30ms of latency you've added to the signal chain and at 30ms that's more than audible to the human ear.
I don't record my vocals directly into a project, I usually record them into a separate scratch project in Audition. Either way, though, latency doesn't matter, beyond maybe having to clip the first 10ms or so from the audio track when it's recorded. But compared to all the other editing I have to do to get the performance right, it wouldn't be worth spending even $1 to save me having to do that.Then you take into account that synths are not the only thing one tracks into a DAW.
Because if my current machine is fast enough, why would I waste money on a newer, faster one? Again, it's thinking from 20 years ago, when having the latest and fastest really did matter. That is not really the case today, so you modify your behaviour accordingly. In practical terms, if I rarely see the CPU meter on my current laptop go over 50%, why would I even think about buying a more powerful machine? It's the same with latency - if we can get up on stage and perform with 18ms round-trip latency, from any of half-a-dozen different interfaces, why would I/we even think about spending money or making other restrictive choices just to lower the latency further? And if we can do it, there is no reason anyone else can't, too, because there is nothing at all special about what we do or how we do it.Ofcourse better numbers sell more products. I don't see your point. It's like Intel or AMD selling you a PC with a faster CPU or higher ram speed. Does that negate that fact that it's in fact faster?
If that's true, I can only assume you never really use them for anything too taxing. And to be clear, audio/music taxes my system far less than my graphics work. To back up my point, when we move offices at the end of the year and get rid of all our Macs, they are making three IT/engineering positions redundant, which is a reasonable indication of how much more work it takes to keep them running than the PCs we'll all be using from next year.Well my 25+ experience says that in general there are less issues to deal with on Macs.
Experience and background is irrelevant - if you say something stupid I will call you on it. Just ask any of my colleagues or bosses at work.Mature and reasoned adults don't call other people stupid without knowing their level of experience or background.
