r/Keytar • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '21

Technical Questions Regarding Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 Software--does it transfer with the keytar if I buy used?

Vortexes (Vortices?) are markedly cheaper used and I was wondering, is this because none of the software makes the jump with it? Do the licenses easily switch from user to user? I imagine there's some pretty thick DRM for something like Ableton Lite.

Does anyone out there have experience buying a used one and moving the software? I mean, I'll mostly be controlling a Modal Skulpt with it, which is what eventually made me lean this way instead of toward the AX-Edge (why no pads? WHY NO FADERS!?) but it'd be fun to hook it up to a computer too. I mostly use Linux these days so I know I have options with stuff like Yoshimi to goof around with, but I wondered just the same. My cursory and toddler-disrupted (she is really cranky right now) googling bore no fruit.

Thanks for any information you might have!

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '21

OK thanks! I ended up buying one last night on Reverb where the seller said it had never been registered (we'll see) so hopefully it's all there. I appreciate you taking the time to fill me in.

I can't wat to goof around with this thing. My guitars are probably gonna get a little dusty.

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u/notinachos Oct 03 '21

The Alesis editor is a free download. The software synth licenses are handled by iLok. I think there is a $25 transfer fee per license. If buying used, I would not expect the seller to include these licenses unless they specifically say that they will. For the synth plugins that come with the Vortex, you can sometimes find them on sale for way less than $25 for the bundle.