By MPC-Tutor
Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:31 pm
Pads wrote:What about the other situation I was talking about though? About buying the software and then long or soon after buying one of the new machines that come with the new software?
This is how I see it unless Akai state something to the contrary:
Your MPC Software license is tied to your hardware unit. If you get rid of the hardware unit, you'll also be getting rid of that particular license, including any additional upgrades you added to it. If you sell your Ren you can include the 2.0 license in the sale, but if the Ren dies, then the license (and upgrade) is no more, it died along with your Ren.
But your example is somewhat obscure - if you do buy the upgrade, the chances are your Ren won't just suddenly die, so you will be able to sell it on Ebay along with it's upgraded 2.0 license, which will probably fetch you at least $50 or more compared to the guys selling a Ren with a 1.x license.
But there is nothing stopping you asking Akai for a deal on the new hardware, perhaps they will work something out on a case-by-case basis.