Purchasing a used copy of ProTools M-Powered precautions?

[BeepBeep]

Am I taking a chance by buying a used copy of M-Powered? It's got the iLok. I'm not really up on how these things work. Do I have to worry about it being registered or anything like that?

Thanks

[Kevin S]

With Digidesign's stuff you need to be registered to get anything from them. Upgrades, hardware exchanges and or waranty.

I took a chance and bought a used mbox, it's unregestered and I can't register it because I need a Receipt with the S/N included of that unit. I unpluged my broken Digi001 and hooked up the mbox and could work again like new.

[BeepBeep]

So it sounds like I'll be okay unless I want to upgrade. Anyone else have experience with this?

[digitaldrummer]

yeah, besides the i-Lok, you need the original manual as it usually has the super-secret activation code on the cover (or inside cover). with that activation code, you would be able to download patches/updates, etc but w/o it you get nothing. at least thats how it is with the the non-M PTLE.

Mike

[ctmsound]

I know digidesign requires a transfer of ownership form to be completed and mailed to them, but I don't believe M-audio does. Just make sure it's un registered and you should be fine.

[mrufino1]

Even if it is registered (I have m-powered- I don't remember if I had to register it) the person you bought it from can fill out the transfer of ownership form. I also don't remember needing to put in a serial in order to upgrade to PT7 LE, I think I just had to buy it. I was registered as the owner of the mbox at the time, but I don't remember it being an issue in the software upgrade.

[BeepBeep]

Cool thanks guys. I already passed on that deal, but I need to know for future possibilities.

The unit in question was already on it's second owner and he did not know if the first guy registered it or not.

[TapeOpAndy]

You don't need to do anything to upgrade to PT M-Powered 7.1 except for an iLok with a valid license to run PT M-P 6.8 or greater. All you have to do is download the FREE 7.1 update here:

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/P ... l#download

And then install it on your machine, plug in the iLok, and run the program. It's that easy. I have PT M-P 7.1 installed on three different machines (two PCs and one Mac--all three using the same iLok running on one machine at a time), and I never had to register anything except for the very first time when I signed up on the M-Audio website to get an authorization for my iLok.

Contrast that to having had to PURCHASE every +0.1 release of PT HD since before time. That sucks!