VSTs like Serum allow you to pay a small fee monthly until you have paid the full amount, then it’s yours to keep<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThere are alternatives to paying the full price too. Serum, one of my favourite synths, is available on a pay monthly schedule where you have access to it as long as you pay that month’s price. Over the course of many months, you contribute to the full price and once it is paid off, you have it for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like this method and it is by far the best for people like students and people in school. I really hope more software makers use this method in the future because it would allow the monolithic prices of some software options to become available to those who can’t front the cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The barrier of needing a good income to support the cost of the software … when you need the software to generate income, is something which is a big driver of piracy. Without accessible options, people who can’t afford it will either look elsewhere or look for a crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is always worth contributing to the industry that you hope will support you into making a profitable career as a musician. If you spread the attitude that products have value, you help maintain that value for the music you go on to produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THERE is a grey area when it comes to software piracy. Sure, a crack of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2132,2157,117,5],"tags":[1367,2191,1254],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Is it OK to use Reaper DAW without ever paying?<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n