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[Ernie]

Dale,
That doesn't make sense!! I always thought the Demo Version was to show you the benifits of how it works, generally with limits on how many times you could use it. So what their saying is... Buy it to try it! The sad thing is I wanted to try it to make sure it works before I buy it.

Thanks Again,
Ernie

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Ernie

Dale,
That doesn't make sense!! I always thought the Demo Version was to show you the benifits of how it works, generally with limits on how many times you could use it. So what their saying is... Buy it to try it! The sad thing is I wanted to try it to make sure it works before I buy it.

Thanks Again,
Ernie

Not in this case or any of MTU's programs that I know of. Did you save one with the lowered key? It will play but with gaps in it. That is how you try it to make sure it will work on your computer. Those demos that only work for a short time period can be gotten around if you know where to look to clear the fact that it was ever on your computer and can then re-install it to use the demo again, so that really isn't a good way to allow testing. Most of those Demos get around that by not allowing saving anything.

[Ernie]

Dale,
It's just good to know the gaps were intentional. I thought it just not working on my machine. The one mistake I made was to try it with one of my wifes disc, so I couldn't tell if it sounded right or not. Also, your right about people taking advantage. I'm glad I was born back in the good old days, because there's alot of things wrong in the world I see today!! Well, it's bedtime.

Take Care,
Ernie

[admin]

Ernie, I hear your pain. First, thank you for posting this. As I researched why you weren't aware of our "hampering", I discovered we don't inform you at all!

We will modify our Demo version to show the "hampering dialog" first thing when it runs. Then everyone will know. Somehow this got removed in the current demo (maybe earlier ).

The "gaps" you hear are where we are adding in low amplitude tone beeps to hamper the audio. That is the only way a software producer can protect an audio program.

We've tried other ways and they all get hacked.

Yes, the days of honesty and "paying for what you use" are gone. In 2000, our DNoise demo would only process a 2 minute length and then write it out. Within the month we release it, a French web site had captured our demo (so we got NO advantages at all) and over 40,000 people had downloaded it. Our sales went to 1 per month so you can see why we don't put out "working" demos any more. Sorry for that, but you can see if it will run on your computer.