i want to go to college soon and study music for film and media. will they kick me out when i have cracked shit on my laptop or someone somehow finds out? and if yes, how the hell would a student buy those quality libraries with no income? is it even a high chance someone could ever find out when someone cracked his plugins / libraries?

please some info, im slowly getting paranoid with my cracked shit

ps: especially in the classical / orchestral music scene, working with sample libraries, i realized people are much more sensitive when it comes to cracked stuff. like on other forums you cant even say the word crack without everyone pointing his finger at you. but how should u be able in my age to buy all this shit. on EDM producer forums pretty everyone knows that everyones using cracks.

 

Just don't talk about it with those people. who are not of the same frame of mind. They are all really uptight about it. It is even amusing to be on such forums / facebook groups, where people are talking about ooo ooo how expensive for example Spitfire Albion is, why is there no demo to try... I chuckle silently at those noobs

Buy something, the things you use most, like your DAW, and maybe a few libraries, like Komplete etc. Then just use any libraries you like and don't mention specifics when people ask what libraries you used.

 

besides trying to keep it all low key , you also need to watch out for Teachers and Lab Instructors, They know what is legit or not , a couple years back I was a lab Instructor at a local School and seen plenty of students get kicked out of a course because of using cracked software, Best thing is never let anyone see your screen ,always use apps that have a Keygen so it appears legit and really take advantage of the cheap EDU versions, They are limited but will get you through any course. This applies to all software not just Audio ones. And 1 last tip, never ever log on to a warez site using the schools server, they will track you down because of your student number needed at log in. Presets, kontakt libs and such should be fine as long as your not using some crazy expensive product, Teacher can ask and demand a receipt before accepting a project.....Bottom Line, use common sense and keep your head down and your laptop closed

 

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They're living in the 15th century.



Traditional education system is dead. Take part in AS academy and get P.H.D degree form @superliquidsunshine @Herr Durr and many more gurus.

 

Indeed there might be something true about this unfortunately but an education never hurt so it's worth trying it

 

No they won't kick you out, but there'll be some of them will give you no end of mouth farting about why it's wrong.

Be discreet. Don't say and don't ask. Just make music and go for the stars.

 

Learning is for having better life and extended views but traditional schools make people over-confident about nothing. People change but most education systems remain the same.

 

I am a Music Industry Professor and I could not AGREE more. They all can take Profools and stick it.

 

Which college are you going to?

 

A teacher's nosing around in your software for cracks is like an employer's checking your credit rating before hiring you (or not) - it's at least an unethical and unwarranted invasion of privacy. You're going to school to learn to compose and produce music, period. Do they make you produce the receipt or invoice for the computer you're using? Does a basketball coach check to see if a player's Nike's aren't stolen or knockoffs? Demand your techer to present his/her scholastic transcripts, resume, and film credits to see whether his/her education and experience is legit enough to be teaching you.

 

Of course, you can learn about software over here and elsewhere. But a school should have more to offer: learning & working together with other students, networking, getting inspired by others, having a great time! It’s not about having the biggest (..library), that doesn’t matter at all. It’s not about the tools, it’s about (human) skills..
I have been teaching audio. Agreed, some of my colleagues did, but personally I didn’t care if students showed up with 500 plugins & instruments. I guess the real risk is the attitude and arrogance that could come along. If you know what I’m talking about here, you’re on the right path. Why not have 2 partitions on your laptop: one with warez, the other with your student-licensed DAW and free stuff.

 

If it were me? I would have 1 security linked folder of ALL my cracked software, that never saw light of day during class time, and a paid for/ freebie section which did.

Any work I did at home would be converted to audio before going in to class, thus keeping everything running tickety boo!

 

there's a video of a very famous producer having a software synth in the background actually showing the teams signature instead of the original creator.

i think that you can see it in two ways, it's good advertisement, and if it so happened to be that you'll graduate and become a famous composer your resume will include your schools name, so they shouldn't be bothered , but i recommend buying of course, supporting the developers you tend to fall back to.

 

Sorry. I hadn't seen that when I typed my answer!

LOL. Whilst I do like your style, I don't think that would be the best way to getting good grades!

 

Buy what you use, if you're in college there is always a chance for a student discount. But like I said IF you use them. Because later in life it can end a company if you used cracked software to put out a final product if someone finds out and reports it. I've seen multi-media companies go bankrupt because they used pirated Adobe products and never bought real versions to even cover their tracks.

So if ya actually use it try to buy it if you use it for 1 out of 50 songs for a part that doesn't matter whatever, but expect people to throw a shit fit even if they have no reason to. Buy your DAW, buy whatever synths libraries you use. Need an NI product they offer student prices WAY below retail same with many DAWs, If you use cracked stuff only use it to test new stuff, and if you end up using it then buy it.

 

Also the idea posted above of partitioning your harddrive is also a good idea. Keep em seperate and don't let anyone on the OS that contains non legal assets. At least then you can use whatever, and claim it was done on the legal side.

 

Or even better if he can afford it:
Having two different laptops. one "legit" for school and the other one which doesn't leave home with all the cracks and stuffs.

 

i'd do that but with those cheap-ass-shit libraries i will never be able to show ppl my full potential.

thank you for all the reply's. first of all: my main daw (fl studio and logic pro x), i bought bth of them. also spent an extra 1000.- for additional image-line stuff and sylenth1. but as i wanted to get unto filmcomposing i was freaking out about those big fartass prices. how could someone ever afford that? like spitfires everything fuckbundle 14000.... come on.

 

Obviously Spitfire Audio doesn't have the bedroom musician in mind as its marketing target, they are aiming their libs at the real pros, the only group of individuals able to spend so much.

You might try to use one of these libs and pretend that you "borrowed" it from one of your friend. Not sure if this would be credible thou...