TLDR: Because of a licensing quirk with Neve, you have to have at least 1 DSP based hardware device on your account to "Purchase" the Neve Summing extension. It, however, runs on your CPU.
Neve knows that a lot of people will want the summing plugin. I own it myself, but at the same time they’re taking care of their business partners UA. Which they should. I own every Neve UA plug-in available, if it weren’t for UA I wouldn’t have access to the really great Neve sound UA has made available to us. In other words; UA has made Neve a boatload of cash. One hand washes the other. They could just let you bypass the UA hardware, they’ve simply chosen not to do that.
This is also true any plugin that is Apollo only. I was trying to buy the UAD Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape plugin while it was on sale for $49 for when it becomes native (if it ever does), but because I don't own an UAD Hardware (Apollo) I can not purchase it.
Yes, of course. If it's dsp only, then it's a no-go as a standalone plugin(i.e., Native) But if you purchase the Pro bundle, you get the Ampex ATR as an "extension" also, which doesn't require Dsp hardware to be owned. It does not suffer from the same license restrictions as Neve products.
So wait, my question is, i understand you need the hardware to purchase it, but do you have to have said hardware (ie a satellite) connected/active in your account to USE Neve Summing if you are using LUNA? In other words, let’s say you have an Apollo and buy Neve summing, then sell the Apollo later, will Neve summing still be usable in LUNA?
Hmm, thats one to ask in the UA forum. But I would think that if you purchased the summing before selling your gear you could still use it after selling, its only the purchasing that is restricted.
This makes no sense to me. I have the API summing and I don’t have any hardware. Why oh why is the Neve different? Maybe it’s a licensing thing. Who knows.
To answer your question, you do not need to have it connected. I purchased it in June as I have 2 Solo Dsp pcie cards, but because I have an AMD pc, they(dsp cards) do not work on this system, but the neve extension is working in Luna.
TLDR: Because of a licensing quirk with Neve, you have to have at least 1 DSP based hardware device on your account to "Purchase" the Neve Summing extension. It, however, runs on your CPU.
Neve knows that a lot of people will want the summing plugin. I own it myself, but at the same time they’re taking care of their business partners UA.
Which they should. I own every Neve UA plug-in available, if it weren’t for UA I wouldn’t have access to the really great Neve sound
UA has made available to us. In other words; UA has made Neve a boatload of cash. One hand washes the other.
They could just let you bypass the UA hardware, they’ve simply chosen not to do that.
This is also true any plugin that is Apollo only. I was trying to buy the UAD Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape plugin while it was on sale for $49 for when it becomes native (if it ever does), but because I don't own an UAD Hardware (Apollo) I can not purchase it.
Yes, of course. If it's dsp only, then it's a no-go as a standalone plugin(i.e., Native) But if you purchase the Pro bundle, you get the Ampex ATR as an "extension" also, which doesn't require Dsp hardware to be owned. It does not suffer from the same license restrictions as Neve products.
I'll see if I can find the forum post where someone asked a similar question about the Ampex.
So wait, my question is, i understand you need the hardware to purchase it, but do you have to have said hardware (ie a satellite) connected/active in your account to USE Neve Summing if you are using LUNA?
In other words, let’s say you have an Apollo and buy Neve summing, then sell the Apollo later, will Neve summing still be usable in LUNA?
Hmm, thats one to ask in the UA forum. But I would think that if you purchased the summing before selling your gear you could still use it after selling, its only the purchasing that is restricted.
This makes no sense to me. I have the API summing and I don’t have any hardware. Why oh why is the Neve different? Maybe it’s a licensing thing. Who knows.
@@edmcguire4926 That's exactly what it is.
To answer your question, you do not need to have it connected. I purchased it in June as I have 2 Solo Dsp pcie cards, but because I have an AMD pc, they(dsp cards) do not work on this system, but the neve extension is working in Luna.