I just reformatted my computer, and so now I'm trying to re-install Pro Tools Express 10 (which came with my interface). I'm really stumped and after "converting" to Pro Tools last year, I continue to be dumbfounded at how difficult and confusing it is to get things up and running. r/MixClub /r/AudioEngineering /r/ListenToThis /r/Music /r/RadioReddit /r/LearnMusic /r/Reasoners /r/AudioPost /r/GameAudio /r/RateMyAudio /r/StudioPorn /r/SFXLibraries
The difference is purely cosmetic there are no differences in their functionality. You also may find green or red versions of the 1st generation iLoks. For example with Pro Tools 11 and above you need a 2nd or 3rd generation iLok.
More and more software publishers require a 2nd or 3rd generation iLok. Take the iLok away and the software is no longer authorised and won’t function. The protected software checks for its presence before it will run on that system. You can have licenses from many different software publishers on the same iLok, as well as multiple iLoks connected to a computer to help you manage your iLok licenses. It looks like a USB memory stick but it isn’t a memory stick, it is a special device for that holds licenses for software products that use the iLok system to protect their software.Ī 3rd generation iLok can now store up to 1500 separate licenses whereas a 2nd generation iLok can hold 500 licenses and the original 1st generation iLok can hold up to 118 licenses. If you haven’t seen one before, an iLok is a small device that you plug into any USB port on your computer.
This guide will also help if you have received an activation code from a software publisher. New Pro Tools owners and anyone that hasn't got an iLok are advised to follow the instructions in this guide.
Existing Pro Tools owners with Pro Tools 9 and above will have had to set up an iLok account and own an iLok as the Pro Tools Software is protected by an iLok license that is required to be on an iLok license. If you have never used an iLok before you will need to buy an iLok, create a free iLok account and transfer the iLok license onto your iLok or computer.