iLok Cloud is an entirely new approach to software license protection. With iLok Cloud, software publishers can offer their users quick and easy access to their licenses from any computer with an internet connection. With PACE’s easy to use licensing, your customers can be in complete control of their licenses within the boundaries you set, iLok cloud services does the rest. https://www.paceap.com/pace-ilok-cloud.html PACE Anti-Piracy, Inc. introduces an entirely new approach to software license protection—iLok Cloud. With iLok Cloud, software publishers can offer their users quick and easy access to their licenses from any computer with an Internet connection. iLok Cloud has the same level of robust security as the current iLok USB smart key, which will remain as an option along with machine-based licenses. Today, PACE Anti-Piracy announces the imminent launch of iLok Cloud. With iLok Cloud, software publishers that use PACE’s licensing system will have a third option to offer their users, in addition to the previously available iLok USB smart key and machine-based licenses. Using iLok Cloud Upon launching iLok Cloud protected software, the users will be prompted to provide their username and password. That’s it—the iLok protected software is now ready for use, without any dongles or having to use a specific authorized computer. It’s easy, iLok Cloud protected software can be used anywhere, and iLok Cloud takes the risk of lost or damaged iLok USB smart keys and computers out of the equation. Availability iLok Cloud will be available to software publishers as an option when updating their products in early November. Software protected with iLok Cloud should be available to end users in early 2018. http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2017/10/17/pace-launch-ilok-cloud-cloud-based-alternative-to-hardware-iloks https://twitter.com/raygproductions https://www.facebook.com/RayGproductions https://plus.google.com/u/0/106221884752831011618 Buy me a coffee :) https://www.paypal.me/raynelgonzalez ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGDUVmGKlWY

Digital I/O is important to many musicians, since it enables them to connect up compatible studio gear without having to pass their audio through additional analogue-to-digital conversion stages and cause possible degradation. S/PDIF (Sony Philips Digital InterFace) is a two-channel consumer format that uses either coaxial phono or Toslink optical connectors, and is useful for connecting DAT or MiniDisc recorders, CD players and rack effects with digital interfacing, as well as a few keyboards or synths that offer digital output options. Choosing An Audio InterfaceAlthough some interfaces provide both coaxial and optical connectors, don't worry if your otherwise perfect interface has the wrong kind to plug in your other gear; format converters such as M-Audio's CO2 Coaxial/Optical Bi-Directional Converter are comparatively cheap. ADAT (Alesis Digital Audio Tape) uses an identical Toslink optical connector to the S/PDIF format, but supports up to eight simultaneous digital audio channels, which is a great way to cater for future expansion without breaking the bank. ADAT normally only supports sample rates up to 48kHz, although some interfaces license S/MUX (Sample Multiplexing) technology that can optionally combine two ADAT channels to carry a single 24-bit/96kHz signal, enabling them to offer 96kHz support with half the number of channels.One obvious partner is an ADAT or similar multitrack recorder (sometimes a safer way to record live gigs that you can then transfer to your computer for mixing later on), but nowadays ADAT inputs are just as often found connected to combined preamp/A-D converter boxes to add analogue inputs (see main text), and ADAT outputs connected to 8-channel D-A converter boxes to provide more analogue outputs, both in multiples of eight channels.Choosing An Audio InterfaceThere are plenty of examples of interfaces with ADAT expansion possibilities, including Emu's 1820/1616 series, the M-Audio Firewire 1814 and the MOTU 2408. Remember, though, that models incorporating numbers in their name generally refer to the total number of inputs and outputs including all the digital ones, and once ADAT I/O is involved this makes a significant difference to the analogue complement. For instance, Emu's 1820M has 18 inputs and 20 outputs in total, but only six analogue inputs and eight analogue outputs, while the MOTU 2408 features 24-in/24-out ADAT plus 8-in/8-out analogue, and the newer MOTU 828 Mk3 has 16-in/16-out ADAT plus 10 analogue ins and outs. There are even some interface models (such as the M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge, RME HDSPe RayDAT and Presonus FireStudio Lightpipe) that provide little or no analogue I/O, instead offering rows of ADAT ports so that you can add your own choice of analogue converters as required.Other digita ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuYH-QFCnmg