How I lost over 1000$ for Cracked Plugins... 

If FL was uncrackable 80% of the biggest producers today wouldn’t be in the game and that’s facts.

Before you become a producer you become a part of the cracked software community 🙏🏾

I'll buy plugins after I've made money from my Cracked plugins

Man, if all my plugins and drum kits weren’t cracked, I’d have to pay like $15 000

Who's watching this while downloading a cracked plugin in the background?

In Brazil it is impossible to buy plugins. They are sold in Brazil in Dollars and Euros. The Brazilian currency according to the current quotation makes plugins 5 times more expensive. A $250 plugin, for example, costs a month's salary in Brazil.

this video was sponsored by fl studio 2 scare us

Moral of the story is? Keep the cracked version incase you land a big deal lol

So you didn't really "lost" 1000$. No penalty to pay or something. You missed the chance to earn 1000$ That's a big difference!

The video "Don't crack things" The actual guy: Don't save presets, and don't know how to recreate what he did. The issue isn't cracked software, the issue is you being unable to do what you did with a legit version. That's all.

its impossible to buy all plugins you need when you start .

I’ve never read a comment section with so many experts in cracking software 😂😂😂😂😂

bruh... dis number one rule!!! if you earn money with your music then buy the plug in at least! don't be like him guys!

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Good pirates know that if you download something good, better save it on an external Hard drive. Man I have plugins that you can’t find in internet anymore lmao.

wait... this mans name is EDPbeats.... EDP445?

My first crack plug-in was nexus, then I had to get em all lol

Just save the cracked VSTs of all your projects in cloud or something. Buy DAWs and VSTs when your business is at good point. I'm sorry Eric, but you're just a newbie. The problem is not buying VSTs, here we are talking about organizing your work and your files well.

Owning legit versions does feel good. It's great to feel like you're part of a supportive community & helping devs get paid. But maybe coming up with a thousand bucks for that newest DAW isn't so easy. Maybe times are tough & a guy can barely afford to pay his rego, never mind forking out hundreds of dollars for plugins that don't earn him any income. Maybe a guy has a family & kids to support. Maybe his wife wants to know why he needs version 10 when he already has 8. Now I'm one of the lucky ones & was able to buy my first DAW in the box years ago. I received free updates & purchased the odd plugin here & there to augment my collection. But I understand why some people less fortunate are tempted by free plugins. Especially when they are so easily available. But always pay for what you can afford. Devs sometimes struggle to pay the bills as well. Remember that.

Lesson for the day Export your stems to audio!!

This is a perfect example of why you should never delete your installers.

98% of the people I know have never bought any software lol

Moral of the story, get good at recreating sounds

I just started buying plugins and vi around a year ago. And I got to say, it feels really good owning your tools. I am making money producing and mixing for a while, it was long overdue for me to give back to the developers. I started one at a time and getting to know and great with each buy.

Cracked plugins is how I learned which plugins are actually better/preferred and which are snake oil or not for me. When I have money to build a new dedicated workstation rig, you can bet I'll be cleaning the slate and buying the best instead of hoarding a bunch of stuff I don't need.

Not to promote piracy in any way, but basically your problem was you stopped using hacked plugins. :))

Bruv everthing i own is cracked ;_;. Even my laptop is bought off of ebay

"Sorry Father I never would've Made it without a Sin" - Jay Z. Sooo I'm broke af and unemployed but learned to make good ass music with these vsts/softwares. I mean when I make enough money to be able to afford it ? Then yaaaa I'll pay for them. No one gon save me but me. I gotta sin sometimes so I can eat.

A certain peace of mind comes from knowing that I have invested in myself and my craft. I own my DAW, gear and all of my plugins and I love knowing that I have full stability & support with everything. That sense of ownership really helps in wanting to invest time into learning the software as well. It takes time but with all of the freebies & plugin deals offered these days a legit plugin collection will grow over time. Support the companies in the same way you would want to be supported yourself.

Some people have a lot of talent and not a lot of money. So cracking will continue to happen. Maybe these companies should give away copies to people who can't t afford them 🤷🏿‍♂️

This guy problems is the reason why I keep a library of my old hard drives and old programs so this doesnt happen.

I'll use crack version of it until I'll get income. And then I'll buy the official version with the money I get paid form the cracked version 😉

Am I really the only one who never downloaded a cracked version of something?

the problem isn't with using cracked plugins or DAWs.. it's with properly organising and saving your projects. you should be able to recreate beats you've previously made using the same plugins and software-cracked or legit. The problem with getting comfortable with downloading cracked software is that people will start thinking they need hundreds of plugins to get the sound they are looking for.. in no time your daw will be overflowing with plugins that arent being fully utilized. when you're buying plugins or downloading ones that are sometimes free promo's, you will tend to take more care to learn all of their features and make use of them in different ways to get the right sounds. just make sure you keep your work organized so that you don't have the problem this guy had. I see paid for the software in the first place, he would have had the same problem when trying to edit a 2-year-old project.

actually, the problems were on the technical side, and they can be easily avoidable

so basically what i’m hearing is.... go ahead with the cracks, just make sure you save your presets 🤣😂 lolol jk, i hear the message, i think probably 85% of the people watching here are in the category of making little to no money with their music including myself. i wonder though, how many producers and artists get introduced to the craft of production and get introduced to these products because of the widespread availability of cracks out there? all of the producers that i’m friends use/have used cracked software, with the ones that ended up with careers in the industry switching over and buying them once they started making money. i think it’s safe to assume that a good portion of producers would have never started/continued making music if cracked software wasn’t out there. i know i definitely would have quit early on if i had to buy everything from the get go lol

No, never done it, because I value the knowledge and work of developers, researchers and UI designers.

"you could lose money" me, a beginner wanting to get a start in dubstep/drumstep creation who will only post songs unmonetized on youtube: *what money*

3:48 false. you were about to GAIN $600 because you used the cracked version, but you LOST $600 because you switched to the purchased version

I used to crack all my software. Ended up having all the plugs and unable to master any of them. I'm not even talking about the viruses, blue screens, bugs etc... Took me years to understand. I stopped, cleaned everything that was cracked and started buying legit software. Changed my mindset completely. Learned about concepts of music and mixing. Learned how to use what I bought and started to realize that you actually don't need a lot of different vsts clogging up your PC. You just need to know what you're doing and can pretty much accomplish it even with free vsts. If you're serious about music, buy. That's the best and quickest way to beginning to understand and change your mindset. Plus, there's deals and discounts everywhere now.

Thank you for being so honest and real. It is actually really hard in the beginning for creatives to have to buy all these expensive plugins, so its so tempting to just download cracked versions. You've video has really helped open my eyes to the consequences of doing this though, in those times were I was temped. Massive respect for you :)

There is really no need for cracked versions of paid plugins, when there are so many great free alternatives around.

Yeah man its unrealistic for people to pay the thousands these softwares cost to maybe not end up liking it, but if you get really good and become a professional it would be sleezy to not buy it later down the road.

Music is not only about having tons of plugins or VSTs actually. It's about creativity. I bought fl studio and mainly using the stock plugins and i think they are really good. I have even sold beats that i made with stock plugins.

- Good thing all my plug-ins are legit, 270 & counting. Legit always pays off.

flip side of this is he would never have gotten his music out in the wild to begin with if it weren't for cracked versions of software.

Dude,.. save the preset under a different name as a user preset,... done!! as for bouncing to stems and then manipulatoing the sound??? doesn't work that way

Maybe they were intentionally asking for some tweaks in the sound to make sure you were the original creator and not someone who stole the track.

This is impossible for third world producers where a single plugin can be half of a person's salary. If you use cracked plugins in the US ,where it's like less than a day of payment, then you're a deadbeat.

No, I actually paid alot for all of my plugins. It took a super long time to pay it all off but I'm super proud of it

Nah bro, im poor. I cant afford all these shits

change ur name plz

The key is to ALWAYS bounce individual track stems, one dry and one processed. You never know who may pick up your music years down the line.

lol literally the exact same thing happened to me with plugins that I spent hundreds of euros on. buying plugins won't fix being lazy when you setup a new studio computer.

"if you buy the plugin you'll learn how it works” this sentence killed me, I agree 1000%. You can obviously learn how the plugin works even without buying it but... how many plugins have we downloaded without even knowing what they actually do or what they're capable of? I thought I'd just opened a video about how your computer had been hacked by a malicious plugin, but it was a real moral/philosophical and above all practical reflection.

i found this video when i look for keyscape crack lol

What you can do is have a old laptop with cracked plugins. Lmao

It literally took you a week to try to recreate a sound and you couldn't even get close? That's kind of on you. You should learn to use the tools that you do have instead of cracking all the new hot plugins that are overhyped by companies/top producers. If you had taken the time to learn about synthesis and guitar sounds, it wouldn't take you more than a couple of hours to recreate all of that.

The Lesson: keep all your cracked plugins.

A way to mitigate these compatibility issues is to create a virtual machine with the same OS you used to use and with all the old cracked plugins. It could be tedious to create and you'll run into some challenges, but once the virtual machine image is created you'll be able to go back to it whenever you run into these type issues. One free solution to this is called VirtualBox.

Also, another good habit is to buy an ssd and dedicate that to storing your plugins, installs and sample packs, not necessarily cracks but every time you move to a new PC then you have all your stuff on one storage.

When your a teenager it makes sense, but when your grown it's time to believe and invest in yourself. Good plug-ins are super affordable now and a lot of the expensive plug-ins you can do payment plans now. But no shade because most of us have done it at some point.

How I made 1000$ from cracked plugins

"If you believe in yourself, invest in yourself" Perfect words

Talking about Guitar Rig: a long time ago I bought Guitar Rig 2 (within Komplete). I bought every update of Komplete until Guitar Rig 5. Since Native is cluttering the system with GBs of samples and software, I used to uninstall older versions. One day I needed to remix some traks that I used Guitar Rig 4 for. Problem: Guitar Rig 5 could not read settings for Guitar Rig 4. Therefore I reinstalled Guitar Rig 4. But also after that, my daw was not able to read the old Guitar Rig 4 presets. Same thing with Guitar Rig 2 and 3 settings. This means, I paid all the updates legally but my settings are lost. It's not only a problem of cracked plugins but also of regularly bought software. This is why I will NOT buy Komplete including Guitar Rig 6. I have a lot of stuff which I used Guitar Rig 5 for and I don't want to lose these settings.

You're awesome eric, real talking here

I started making beats for myself and I’ll die making beats for MYSELF.

just keep the installation exe. of your pirated version of plugins somewhere so you can reinstall them after.. if you need to return into your old projects...

I've bought/used cracked versions before because it's my hobby that I rarely have time for and I'm not shelling out $400 for a license to use a reverb module. I couldn't imagine making money off the music I make and not owning legit versions. I've done drafting and the license for AutoCad was expensive. I now do physical work and I can't imagine stealing tools do the work I get paid for.

Example 1: lost money due to shit workflow and data management, not cracked anything. Example 2: exactly the same situation, only with hindsight not taken advantage of. This has nothing to do with cracked plugins

??? the massive thing was completely ur fault even if u had a real version of massive u would still have the same problem because u didnt have the preset

I feel like a family in these comments we should open a group on whatsapp to share vsts

Recall is always a hassle. That goes for legal software as well, I’ve had sessions not recall because my VSTi that I paid dollars for years before simply didn’t have support anymore... this is the reason you print stuff in stems for archiving... always. Print or at least freeze tracks and you won’t have these problems anymore.

I honestly wish fl studio wasn't crackable, it would eliminate like 90% of the "producers" flooding every beat marketplace with their subpar beats.

so... if u dont use it for money, or you dont earn money by them... you'll not loose money?...

I feel like it’s ok if your plan is too buy them all once u start making money off the beats u made with the plugins

Idk, when I first started I had no desire to get cracked software. Mainly because I respect my computer too much to download malware lol. But also I respect developers and their time. I have much pride knowing that all my tools are paid and I own my work 🤷🏻‍♀️

I get the idea that you lost the chance to gain 1000$ because of cracked plugins, but without those cracked plugins that possibility wouldn't have even existed Also, a plugin pack like ozone's full bundle costs 1000$ by itself so

Video:"You shouldn't download cracked plugins" Me:What about downloading cracked Fl Studio

I will buy plugins after I earn money from stock music.

There's a lot of good free plugins. Save presets in every project. Use more hardware.

Solution would be just to save all the cracked software somewhere so you could reinstall it if you need it along side with saves.

I sometimes get tempted to get cracked plug ins, but this straightened me out for sure! Thank you man I really appreciate it, you have no idea!

yoo what's with the name 👀👀👀👀

*sees video* *downloads cracked version on a vpn* "big brain"

This could happen with bought plugins and updating the operating system on your computer

CRACK IT, be careful with it and you will be good

this is a serious matter why's everybody *_CRACKING_* jokes ?

It’s not the people that are downloading the cracked software there after, it’s the people distributing the cracked software.

I think this is just a testament to not being cautious and aware

To all Crackheads out here just organize all ur Crackles......happy puffin :)

This had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with using cracked plugins whatsoever! This has to do with keeping old versions of plugins to open old projects. Dude, all you had to do was install the legacy installer. WTF?! Were you that clueless? Moral of the story, always keep old installers and versions. This is why I love Izotope. If you upgrade with them, you can still install and use the previous version. Same with Waves. Also, you never lost money. You had to gain something first in order to lose it. What happened is that you missed out.

I’m scared of virus so no I’m not guilty

Are you drinking mate? It's so weird seeing people outside Argentina drinking mate xD

moral of the day always export stems of your project if you can't save it...

I mean im a student with a hobby of cinematography and damn all those red giant element 3d sapphire plug ins look expensive if only they would actually tone down the price for students

I always keep my cracked VST's in a flash drive😁 I don't have a whole lot of em, but I do plan on investing into plugins (especially ones I'm interested in and that I would not dare download the cracked versions of) and whatnot in the future.

Uh, yeah, cracked plugins. I'm lovin it

So basically, if you started pirating - keep pirating.

The Self Snitching is Crazy in the beginning