I have a general question regarding transfer of sample set licences from one user to another.
From time to time I've decided to cull my large collection of sample sets by selling licences of a few sample sets which I find myself no longer using. In doing so I've been able to fund the ongoing upgrade of my Hauptwerk console, while at the same time putting some fine sample sets into the hands of other Hauptwerk users. Some of these folk might otherwise not have been able to acquire these instruments at all had they been required to pay full price.
While a licence transfer process exists, the process itself is complex.
Purchasing a new licence is fairly straight forward, but transferring a licence is necessarily more detailed as there are many more steps involved. I'm not questioning the need for these details to be addressed. For example, before a licence can be authorised in a purchaser's system there must be proof that it has been removed from the seller's system. At present this involves a back-and-forth process involving multiple exchanges of licence file requests and updates.
I am concerned, though, with what appears to be a lack of consistency and at times of clarity with the licence transfer process.
Different sample set producers appear to have different ideas of how the process works, with some being quite unsure. Some are quite happy to facilitate the process, while others appear reluctant. There seems to be no standard licence transfer fee as the amount charged varies significantly from one producer to another. There can also be significant delays, at times greater than a week, from start to finish. Also, it's only possible to transfer a licence for a sample set which has been authorised by way of a dongle update as there's currently no legal way of transferring an unencrypted licence from the original purchaser to someone else, not even by giving it away.
My console upgrading continues, and so does the need for me to occasionally part with another licence or two in order to fund the work. In other words, I will continue to utilise the transfer process into the future from time to time.
As I said at the outset, this enquiry is of a general nature only. I'm not pointing the finger at any person or organisation in particular. As someone who has invested substantially in sample sets over the last 13 years, and who now sees the need to occasionally part with some licences, I am interested to know where things stand regarding possible streamlining of the licence transfer process. I am also interested to hear from others who have either sold a licence or purchased a licence by transfer regarding their experiences.
Andrew
From time to time I've decided to cull my large collection of sample sets by selling licences of a few sample sets which I find myself no longer using. In doing so I've been able to fund the ongoing upgrade of my Hauptwerk console, while at the same time putting some fine sample sets into the hands of other Hauptwerk users. Some of these folk might otherwise not have been able to acquire these instruments at all had they been required to pay full price.
While a licence transfer process exists, the process itself is complex.
Purchasing a new licence is fairly straight forward, but transferring a licence is necessarily more detailed as there are many more steps involved. I'm not questioning the need for these details to be addressed. For example, before a licence can be authorised in a purchaser's system there must be proof that it has been removed from the seller's system. At present this involves a back-and-forth process involving multiple exchanges of licence file requests and updates.
I am concerned, though, with what appears to be a lack of consistency and at times of clarity with the licence transfer process.
Different sample set producers appear to have different ideas of how the process works, with some being quite unsure. Some are quite happy to facilitate the process, while others appear reluctant. There seems to be no standard licence transfer fee as the amount charged varies significantly from one producer to another. There can also be significant delays, at times greater than a week, from start to finish. Also, it's only possible to transfer a licence for a sample set which has been authorised by way of a dongle update as there's currently no legal way of transferring an unencrypted licence from the original purchaser to someone else, not even by giving it away.
My console upgrading continues, and so does the need for me to occasionally part with another licence or two in order to fund the work. In other words, I will continue to utilise the transfer process into the future from time to time.
As I said at the outset, this enquiry is of a general nature only. I'm not pointing the finger at any person or organisation in particular. As someone who has invested substantially in sample sets over the last 13 years, and who now sees the need to occasionally part with some licences, I am interested to know where things stand regarding possible streamlining of the licence transfer process. I am also interested to hear from others who have either sold a licence or purchased a licence by transfer regarding their experiences.
Andrew