Since installing Battery 2, every now and then, when I open a Cubase project which uses Battery 1, I get the message, "Please insert the Battery CD". On the surface, not such an issue, BUT my new all-singing all-dancing Plextor DVD-RW drive cannot see the bloody Battery 1 CD due to those stupid "copy protection" holes that NI used.
So, I have to boot my other machine, stick the Battery 1 CD in that computer and share the drive so that it can be seen from my DAW.
I find this to be a bit of a pain in the arse...I intend to write to NI and ask them about this; I saw no indication that installing Battery 2 would affect my Battery 1 installation in this way...pretty sneaky, really!
grrr...
Royston
Battery 2 changes behaviour of Battery 1 :-(
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hubird
that's not funny indeed.
I've not updated yet, but I checked the NI Batterie forum on a regulary base.
I can't remember any message like this.
Did you check the cd in other cdroms, preferable new ones? You could try it in a comp shop.
And I'd post it in the NI forum, to see if others are experiencing the same as well.
Does Batterie2 come with the same holes protection?
I've not updated yet, but I checked the NI Batterie forum on a regulary base.
I can't remember any message like this.
Did you check the cd in other cdroms, preferable new ones? You could try it in a comp shop.
And I'd post it in the NI forum, to see if others are experiencing the same as well.
Does Batterie2 come with the same holes protection?
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Counterparts
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No, just the daft registration procedure which we covered in .announcements:hubird wrote:
Does Batterie2 come with the same holes protection?
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 10&start=0
Royston
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Counterparts
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Update: after a bit (OK; a lot) of swearing and cussin' at NI's website (sometimes my username is my email address, sometimes "Counterparts"...I wish they'd make their mind up!) I have posted to the Battery forum and also used NI's on-line support form to follow this problem up.
Watch this space!
Royston
Watch this space!
Royston
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Counterparts
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NI have been very quick to respond to me regarding this issue.
Point #1: they say that Battery always occasionally asks for the Battery 1 CD. Hmm. I've had this for one and a half years (since Sept '03), and it's never asked me for this before I installed Battery 2.
ALL/ANY BATTERY 1 USERS: does your installation of Battery 1 occasionally ask for the CD to be inserted?
Point #2: they think that my DVD drive cannot read the CD because it's "too fast for the old Battery 1 CD" So, I will try to find some freeware which will allow me to do this.
Royston
Point #1: they say that Battery always occasionally asks for the Battery 1 CD. Hmm. I've had this for one and a half years (since Sept '03), and it's never asked me for this before I installed Battery 2.
ALL/ANY BATTERY 1 USERS: does your installation of Battery 1 occasionally ask for the CD to be inserted?
Point #2: they think that my DVD drive cannot read the CD because it's "too fast for the old Battery 1 CD"
So, I will try to find some freeware which will allow me to do this.Royston
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hubird
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Counterparts
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After some investigations, it seems that modern drives can go too quick for old-skool disks...and ones with dodgy copy protection! 
I have found this rather good site:
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/
I have downloaded a utility called "NeroDriveSpeed" ... it can be used to slow down fast drives. I've posted it to myself at home and will try it out this evening!
Royston
I have found this rather good site:
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/
I have downloaded a utility called "NeroDriveSpeed" ... it can be used to slow down fast drives. I've posted it to myself at home and will try it out this evening!
Royston