Hello everyone, I am a poor amateur organist who when he gets home after work, likes to play the organ for an hour or more, I sit on my console and start a switch (only one) and everything starts, the mac , the HW software (advanced), and one of my favorite organs, so I start enjoying the music, the preparation takes me 2 minutes, that's all. The fact is to have an uncomplicated instrument that allows me to enjoy music. HW 4.2.1 is very good although 50% of its content or more for me is useless because I am not a technician, I am not interested either, what I want is to play and not think of dongles (the one I have now "Sentinel" never says nothing, not annoying is simply effective and is there), not thinking about internet connections, Iloks, clouds etc, I ONLY WANT TO PLAY, and not devoting my attention to other things that in the end do not let me play (it is so clear and simple) I think that many fans are the only thing they want. They don't want to turn on the computer and start entering keys, internet (50% of connections fail) the ilok (cloud or not cloud) startup keys, ilok software, I read the ilok manual and what a way to complicate life, I say it again I WANT TO PLAY, please do not complicate our lives, I have read all the recent posts on this subject and it seems that the new HW v5 is not for amateurs, it looks for great technicians, I am so satisfied with v. 4.2.1 that I can not imagine any significant improvement from the announced V that will improve what I said PLAY ONLY. Besides, the more sophisticated software more likely to fail and difficult to run. if this is as it seems, then I will have to say with much regret BY BY HAUPTWERK, it has been a good time. By the way I have already bought a ukulele just in case.
atugores wrote:By the way I have already bought a ukulele just in case.
Cheer up, it's not so bad! Once everything is set up, you won't even have to think about it any more. The iLok dongle can just stay in place. It just needs its drivers installed when you install HW 5. This is the same as with HW 4, when you installed THOSE drivers for THAT dongle when you installed HW 4.
If you get a new encrypted Sample Set, you update the iLok dongle. Same as now when you would need to update the HW 4 dongle, except simpler faster and automated.
But there's no need to upgrade if you don't want to. Just keep enjoying your HW 4 system same as today.
And enjoy the new Ukulele too!