Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 2003/12

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] I feel so bloody stupid (which may very well be true in
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:56:50 -0500

Dan Leeson wrote:

> What if you rent the program, don't use their
> library, keep it for one month, and cancel the
> subscription?

I don't know the mechanical details of how they protect themselves, but
I assume that they do so somehow. Perhaps it has an internal clock
that expires if you don't go online every so often to update it? But
the underlying idea is similar to 'buying' a lesson from a teacher.
You pay a certain amount of money for a specific period of the teacher's
time. Then it's over.

Another analogy could be to rent a video tape or PC game. You pay to
use it in your house for a specific period of time.

I watched a demonstration for 10 minutes or so this year at
ClarinetFest, but if I understand you correctly, your are concerned with
renting vs. buying, not with what the program actually does? And since
I only watched for 10 minutes, other people here can probably give you a
more complete description.

For $90/year, it doesn't strike me as a bad deal for educational
purposes, but your original inquiry was how to adjust the tuning on a
program that you already have. You aren't (if I understand you)
looking for tutoring or directed practice --- which is what SmartMusic
sells.

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