How come the Sonnox Oxford plugins never get cracked?

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  1. MisterCrayle

    MisterCrayle Noisemaker

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    The only one exists are the old school x86 versions where JBridge needs to be used.

    Just curious....
     
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    that protection hasnt been defeated, R2R explains why in a bunch of NFOs.

    same for other software houses using the same protection.
     
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  4. Sylenth.Will.Fall

    Sylenth.Will.Fall Audiosexual

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    Yeah but using jBridge, they Do work perfectly fine!
     
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    They do work fine, but if you demo them and A/B the current versions and the older 32 bit only versions, you would take the current versions for every one of them. On Mac, anyway. It's a very comparable difference between the Brainworx plugins from 2015, and the current versions. Just not having to run them in a wrapper even adds a very big improvement in stability.

    They have great sales prices lately. You just have to wait for a sale to get a really good deal. For a long time, they never had big discounts like they do now,. The best way to get a good deal before was to buy many of them at once and get 40% off. You can get some from Plugin Boutique today for "up to 81% off", and I only noticed that randomly because I needed to download a manual from PB. The Black Friday prices should be even better.

    After the number of requests for them over many years, you might want to call it all an exercise in futility.
     
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  7. Sylenth.Will.Fall

    Sylenth.Will.Fall Audiosexual

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    Stability wise? That has never been an issue for me as I cannot remember a solitary crash caused by them. Not to mention the amount of resources appears no more than the stock Ableton plug-ins. Something you said though, when you A/B the two versions together, the difference in sound quality.. That has certainly peaked my interest.

    Are we talking fractions here? or chalk and cheese?
     
  8. glassybrick

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    Sonnox & avid (& some other companies) in black list.
     
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    I mean the plugin overall performance, not a/b sound comparison. I was going to say "shootout" instead of a/b but I'm not going to do either one of them anyway, so it seemed irrelevant. They can be easily demo'd, but they are iLok. If that presents a problem to someone, that someone isn't me.
     
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    crackkingcole Newbie

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    Well, the good news is Sonnox plugins usually go on sale with a hefty discount at times like Black Friday. Last year they did a ~70% off discount for some of the popular plugins like Inflator and Reverb. On their own website and also third party vendors such as Plugin Boutique.
     
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    This. i got Envolution(arguably the best sounding transient shaper on the market IMO) and the Dynamic EQ a few months ago for just under 70 quid from Plugin Boutique
     
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    omiac Moderator Staff Member

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    The title of the thread is very close to a warez request, so to clarify, discussing the "why" part is OK (i.e., protection method), but asking for it to be cracked and/or where to get it, old versions or not, aren't :winker:
     
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    they are probably good but i dont need these. maybe back then we needed them where theere was less plugins to choose from
     
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    What is "Black list"?
     
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    In which specific R2R release can i find that explanation?
     
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    so its impossible.. i thought people said everything possible should i cry now in my bed?
     
  17. Sylenth.Will.Fall

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    Ahhhhh I see ok thanks. In that case there is no need for me to even consider it. As I said, I have never had a problem with Sonnox and Jbridge.
     
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    Just turn off your computer and go out for a walk to look at the sky and everything will be ok :mates:
     
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    I don't recall any NFOs from R2R or other teams talking about Sonnox protection, or any details at all. Can you point me to where R2R does this? The last time a team talked about Sonnox was in 2009, AiR
     
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    there are many unfounded conspiracy theories that suggest that groups refuse to crack software from certain companies because they were either paid or intimidated into not doing so

    there have been historical examples of people from cracking groups being given jobs by companies to protect software, but that's a different thing entirely
     
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    It is too brainkilling when cracking teams earn money from developers. Business, selling and marketing tips:D
     
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