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Lindy 7 Port USB 3. Paiste 10" Masters Dark Splash. Behringer Eurorack Go. Rate now. Very sturdily built. Report Do you believe this rating to be inaccurate or unacceptable for some reason? Please give us the reason for your assessment in the following text box and — if possible — your e-mail address for further questions. Avoid untill you no longer can It is a necessary evil, unfortunately. After many years of avoiding it, i bit the bullet to get this.

It makes licence management easier than with the online account, but that's only because iLok is such a horrible mess in the first place. At least it's built to a durable standard, I guess So far no problems.

I don't like the concept of a dongle. In fact, I hate it. But you need it these days to make your life easier when using legitimate software products and you should. So if that's the case, go get one.

Make your virtual studio truly portable with this little thing that holds many many licenses you will never exhaust the number of these that fit onto a single dongle. And it's pretty durable. Probably will last you a long long time. My first iLok! Woo Hoo! This is my first iLok and I'm really happy to have instantly gone to this metal housing. I've used the older versions and was always terrified by the plastic versions. Not much to say apart from that, you know why you need it!

Read all reviews. Smart Navigator Go to product group Misc. Storage Media. For the first time, all current versions of Pro Tools also now require an iLok for authorisation. This was not the case with Pro Tools 8, and a good number of Pro Tools LE users who upgrade to Pro Tools 9 will need to get to grips with using an iLok for the first time.

If you haven't seen one before, an iLok is a small device that you plug into any USB port on your computer. The software checks for its presence before it will run on that system. Take the iLok away and the software is no longer authorised and won't function. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of HD or LE, the pack comes just with an activation code, so if you don't already have one, you will need to buy an iLok separately. Existing users won't need reminding that the iLok is a very valuable item, as, in effect, it is worth the combined value of all the software licences that are authorised on it up to on the original iLok, on each second-generation version.

It is also small, which makes it very easy to lose or get stolen! Your iLok. Don't make the password simple, and don't share your password with anyone. If you are using an iLok for the first time, you'll need to set up an account at www. You need to do this on a computer connected to the Internet, and there are lots of help videos at www. In doing so, you'll need to choose a unique iLok User ID.

Note that at the time of writing, Firefox 4 and 5 are not supported; PACE are working hard to resolve this, but in the meantime they recommend you use Firefox 3. On the Mac they also support the latest version of Safari, and on Windows they support Internet Explorer 8.

Setting up and running an account at iLok. One is Zero Down Time, which aims to keep your music system up and running if you do lose or break an iLok. Another is the facility to transfer licences between iLok. Once your account is set up, make sure you've installed the iLok Client Software, so that iLok. This is available from the Download page at www. To do this, go to www. If you get this bit wrong, the licence could end up in someone else's account, so take care!

Now go back to iLok. If you haven't bought an iLok yet, do make sure you get the nice, shiny, second-generation one rather than the discontinued original, as we are already starting to see new software releases that only support the newer model.



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