Roland Cloud copy protection is a PITA...any tips to make it less annoying?

[abernathy]

For whatever reasons (macOS updates, restarting computer, VPN?) I'm having to re-login to Roland Cloud several times a week - just for the 2 lifetime licenses I now regret buying. And it doesn't even save the username or password - I assume because they don't trust... their customers? What if all my plugins used this horrible copy protection scheme? I wouldn't have any time to make music because I would be constantly logging in.

This is without a doubt the worst system in the industry, and Roland hasn't done anything to fix it. If they insist on doing things this way, the least they should do is make it NEVER require logging in more than once a month.

[abernathy]

And the minute I finished my ranting post... Roland Cloud installed an update and then asked me to log in again - 2nd time this morning. Adobe Creative Cloud is also annoying, but the Cloud app can be off for weeks and Photoshop still works the whole time... and when I finally launch the Cloud app to check for updates, at least I'm still logged in.

[abernathy]

Sorry, I see there was already at least one other thread about this... of course!

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=551755

[dumbledog]

Roland released an update to fix this very problem (and yes holy crap was it annoying). But I had to manually uninstall and re-downoad/re-install RC to get the update to take.

[Halonmusic]

If it is certain sounds you need (strings, cinematic etc.) im sure Sonic Cat Purity could be what you need. 32/64bit versions aswell.