Hey guys,

After having my win 8 machine for a year, I decided to take the plunge and move everything - BIAB and RB look great on it. I haven't had a chance to record anything on it yet still moving stuff.

So anyway, I get out the tracktion 3 discs install it and then manually moved the file with all my songs in it.

When I go to test run tracktion 3, it sets up and says I'm running in demo mode and sends me to my.mackie where sure enough my "lifetime" license for T3 is right there. BUT they have a message box on the page that Mackie sold Tracktion and no longer supports it with a link to the new site for support.

So I go to the new owners site where there's a message that version 3 can no longer be unlocked out of demo mode unless I upgrade to version 4 for $30. I read on their forum and it's Mackie's fault and something about don't have, can't get, too expensive to write the code blah blah blah. (Just as a aside I was really taken aback by the way someone else was treated by other users when they brought this up on that forum post I read.)

$30 may be cheap for any kind of upgrade, but I don't like being forced to pay to use something I already own just because I changed computers and be forced to upgrade. I might not even like version 4. At this moment....frankly I'm just shocked that both parties had such little regard for their customers.

Sad thing is, I have a LOT of mixes in that format. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet.

Thanks for listening to this rant ya'll.

Josie

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