A short introduction to Syncrosoft
What is Syncrosoft?
Syncrosoft is the name of a German company that developed a patented copy-protection solution for Software applications.
The system is based on the use of a key which plugs on a USB port of the computer and looks very much like a USB stick. In order to run the program, you need this key plugged in.
How does it work exactly?
To make it short, a part of the code in the application is encrypted on the Syncrosoft key. From time to time, the part of the application located on the computer will communicate with the key in order to get the program working. If you want to know more, you can go to www.syncrosoft.com.
HOW TO : Syncrosoft and PROPHET V (or another of our syncrosoft protected product)
The Syncrosoft License Center is what people will use to manage licenses of several products protected by Syncrosoft and licenses bearing different types of rights. It is important to understand that it is possible to offer different types of licenses thanks to Syncrosoft: limited time licenses, limited number of uses licenses, unlimited licenses. We will get back to that.
Full version
For the PROPHET V customer things are easy: he installs PROPHET V, plugs the Syncrosoft key and starts playing. He can also install PROPHET V on several other computers, but any time he will want to use the software on one of them, he will need the Syncrosoft key plugged.
Registration is still done in the classic method: customers have a plastic card inside the box and they register on www.arturia.com in order to get access to upgrades, free presets or riffs. They are not forced to register.
If the customer already has a Syncrosoft key for other products, and if he wants to get all his Licenses on the same key, he can do it thanks to the Syncrosoft License Center. This would be the case for someone who wants to use Cubase, PROPHET V and Miroslaw in the same time but only has one USB port available. If he transfers his PROPHET V license from the Syncrosoft key we provide to another Syncrosoft key, this customer will no longer be able to use our key to get PROPHET V working any more.
Demo version
Demo versions will be available for download from our website. In order to get the demo working users will need to have a Syncrosoft key already. This is someway a limitation because not every musician has a Syncrosoft key yet, but the solution is getting more and more popular and will normally keep on expanding.
The way to go will be the following:
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download the demo version from http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/downloads/demo-prophet-V-syncrosoft
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get a unique activation code that will be provided on our website on the same page as the demo. Each person downloading the demo will have a different activation code. This code is what this person will need in order to get a License for the demo of PROPHET V. The license itself is provided by Syncrosoft through a connexion to their server, which means that the user needs to have access to the Internet. (Which he probably does if downloaded the demo version.)
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start playing.
The licenses provided by the Syncrosoft server will allow the customer to use PROPHET V during 14 days or to start it 20 times, whichever comes first. There will be no limitation on the software itself.
What if the customers get a new activation code from Arturia’s website? Well, as we saw the activation code is not what he needs to get the demo working. What he needs is the license provided by the Syncrosoft server. So when he tries to get this license through his Syncrosoft License Center, the server will detect that he already provided a demo license for PROPHET V for this key, and the request will be denied. This way, it is only possible to get the demo working once on each Syncrosoft key.
Summary
| Full version | Demo version | |
| How does it come? | PROPHET V is sold as a boxed product. The Syncrosoft key is inside the box. |
To be downloaded from our website. The demo version of PROPHET V will also be available on the Arturia DVD we are preparing. The user must have a Syncrosoft key already. |
| Limitations | No limitation. | 14 days or 20 starts, whatever comes first. No possibility to get a second license on the same Syncrosoft key. |
Wants to know more ?
Please read the help section of the syncrosoft licence center that provide very useful and detailed information.