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beel1 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 10:55 am

• Routine "A" (black dongle) we are working on:
  Synthworks Wavestation 1.14
  Avalon 2.1
  Cubase 2.01
• Routine "B" (red dongle):
  Cubase 3.10
  Cubase Score 2.0r6

The following quote is from a message sent to the Cubase Alias list
by Wolfgang Kundrus of Steinberg on 30th June 1993.

> Hi there,
>
> Steinberg does not have objections agains updated versions of copy
> protected programs. In fact this possibilities is one of our
> arguments for hardware protected programs. They can float arround
> as nobody who is not authorized to use then actually can. So
> feel free to put into an archive. Unfortuntly we do not have
> access to FTP services, we just get internet mal, so we
> would not be able to provide the service. Another reason is that
> only us programmers are hanging out on internet and we are not
> entitled to send out versions. They are supposed to be handed
> out by out Q/A team.
>
> Cheers
>
> Wolfgang

4-12-02

I am now happy to announce that according to posts on the Atari newsgroups, Steinberg has decided to release the Atari version of Cubase Lite as Freeware.Download it below. While not as full featured as Cubase Score, or the other dongled versions, this version is still capable as an excellent entry level sequencer with enough features to wet your appetite. The same arrange screen is presented with cut, glue, erase tools (by right clicking into the arrange window) with also a good set of quantise tools. The only editor available however is a score editor, which is still impressive. You can do a lot with this lite version and we are very thankful for this release to the Atari community by Steinberg as a token they have remembered their Atari roots.As you can see from the screen shot, it works well under emulation on a PC using Steem. According to Oliver Kotschi, Atari Cubase-Lite was distributed on a cover disc of "KEYBOARD" a magizine from Germany, with a statement from Stienberg about the freeware release.This was logical as Atari Cubase-Lite never required copy protection as in the other "dongled" programs and would be much easier to release. Here is the official statment on the cover disc concerning Cubase Lite:

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Dear Atari Users, on this Keyboards CD you will find the final Versions of Cubase and Synthworks as well as some tools and MROS drivers. Since the Atari company retired from the computermarket in 1994 we will definately no longer develop these products. Especially the printerdrivers wont be supported anymore. In this case you have to use emulations or standardprinterdrivers. Have fun with these versions, your Steinberg Service Team 26.04.99

Steinberg - comprehensive collection of Steinberg software, with diverse versions of Synthworks, MROS drivers, Mixermaps, ACCs and of course Cubase, including first time free released versions of the Styletrax-module and Cubase light (please be sure to read the ATARI.TXT file in the STEINBRG folder)

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troed wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 11:27 am As for any legal worries, this is how I intend to solve it. No dongle emulator will be distributed, only a piece of software that someone can run on their original ST with their original key and software, and that will produce a "key dump" than can then be used by them in an emulator.

troed wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 11:27 am I've now purchased a Synthworks Masterscore dongle (version 'A' - black). Will continue when I've gotten the dongle(s).

As for any legal worries, this is how I intend to solve it. No dongle emulator will be distributed, only a piece of software that someone can run on their original ST with their original key and software, and that will produce a "key dump" than can then be used by them in an emulator.

/Troed