License, do I need 1 or 2 ?

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warpnote
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License, do I need 1 or 2 ?

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Hi good people at Resolume, I've been lurking around the forums for quite some time. I'm a motion graphics designer (also weekend DJ) that increasingly been involved with live visuals. Both pre-production and live performance.

My setup is an iMac at the office (last batch before the 5k model, i7 cpu, forgot the hz, 32gb ram, 2GB Nivdia video), and a macbook pro Retina 15" for gigs, (2,7ghz i7, 16gb ram, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB). Bunch of midi controllers & and a matrox tipplehead2go, if I ever need more than 1 projector (not very often)...

So my question is: Could I run 1 license to prepare my compositions on the iMac, then transfer the software license to the macbook pro when ready to go to the gig? Or would I need 2 licenses?

I do own a madmapper license, but would still prefer the Arena version, as the new mapping features looks very tempting. So I'm weighing my options here, I guess my choices are:

1. Cheap option: 1 license of Avenue. (keep MadMapper for any mapping purposes)
2. Medium option: 1 license of Arena. (do both prep work and live performance on the same macbook)
3. Premium option: 1 license of Arena & 1 license of Avenue. (prep on the iMac, live performance on the macbook, but no mapping work or other fancy Arena features on the iMac.
4. Highend option: 2 licenses of Arena (have all features ready on both machines, and the added bonus of 2 setups if ever needed)

I'm hoping to go with Option 2, one license of Arena. As i do have a hard time justifying the higer cost of more licenses. Would I be able to transfer the license back and forth as need between prepare sessions and live performance gigs?

Appreciate any insight.
Thanks, Warp

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Re: License, do I need 1 or 2 ?

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you can transfer the license easily,
but you don't need a license to prepare your composition, the only limitation of the demo is a robot voice, and a logo overlay,
saving, mapping and all functions work the same as on a registered Arena.
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Re: License, do I need 1 or 2 ?

Post by warpnote »

Very nice, of course, the demo is great to have, and I can even save projects in the demo?
Will download asap :D

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