New to the forum but been using Cubase since 4.
When I first got Cubase 4, the eLicenser broke and came apart after a few months - it never left my studio room. I was a bit disappointed but didn’t think much of it.
I purchased a second copy of Cubase (6.5) for my second machine a few months ago, hardly ever used it and now this eLicenser is broken too! It pretty much just fell apart in my hand, very frail. I’ve attached a photo.
Has anyone else had this problem? I’ve used tape to hold it together but I shouldn’t have to do that!
I thought Steinberg would have a better quality eLicenser?
I posted something regarding this in a thread about the use of a eLicenser.
and well, like I said there, I got cheap Chinese usb drivers more robusts than the eLicenser… pretty disappointing for a device that content 600€+ software licenses…
Mine also looks the same …split in two about 3 years after I bought It with SL 2.0.
In a panic, I bought a new dongle but it still sits in the package. I developed a very good crazy glue skill so it is back in place. This has never been out of the studio but it can get bumped easily since it protrudes about 1 1/2" from the back of the computer.
The new wireless mouse/keyboard USB receivers are great and very slim and would be a great design for the dongle
The casing on mine has some cracks, came out of the box like that.
I’m handling it as gently as I can and it’s held up for now, doesn’t seem to get any worse. Have it for what must be 2 years now at least.
After having my original USB-eLicenser start cracking around the metal insertion tab (using it with a laptop at that time), I super glued it and wrapped it in electrical tape.
My current desktop USB-eLicenser is tucked safely away inside my PC case …
For a “permanent” installation this is the way to go. Not much of a solution for mobile users, I know.
The duct tape job on this one is a preventative measure. It’s in perfect condition and I plan to keep it that way.
I think the USB-eLicenser is definitely more fragile than most common USB flash drives.
For a Cheaper safer installation instead of an extra Card / PCI / PCI X slot being used , used a USB extension inside the PC , those 2 headed ones u get that fits on to the back plate slot , it plugs on to the on board USB jumpers , all M/board have 2 or 3 of these extra USB jumper pins , taped on the Cabinet base inside , works fine so far … sm
wow , i didnt know that u can use the 2 same versions one cubase , installed @ 2 different places , with 2 dongles , with the same licence , @ the same time … is that possible ?? any one ?? sm
No, a license can be on only 1 dongle at a time. If you want that you have to buy 2 licenses and 2 dongles.
But you can of course move your dongle from 1 pc to the next and use Cubase on both, just not at the same time.
We have released three different versions of the USB-eLicenser case over the years and the current incarnationis pretty solid (and shorter than the first one). So any replacement you buy for old USB-eLicensers that came with Nuendo 2 or Cubase SX 3 should be an improvement.
I think that ilok 2 is much more robust, but at the same time, elicenser software is more stable than ilok license manager (or the former web browser system).
My Steinberg key is ok at the moment, but it seems more fragile than my ilok 1 and 2.