All current Steinberg products that use a copy protection device use exactly the same system.Īs for big screen collaboration, Enrique Gil and were together in 2017. The USB-eLicenser is actually a tiny computer which stores licenses for Steinberg products, and is connected to a USB port on your computer. The USB-eLicenser is also required to run Steinberg VST instruments, but is not included in the product boxes and must be purchased separately if no USB-eLicenser/Steinberg Key is already present on the system.

With the host applications Cubase, Nuendo and WaveLab, the USB-eLicenser is already included in the product package. The USB-eLicenser (formerly 'Steinberg Key') is a copy protection unit (sometimes called 'dongle') which is needed to use Steinberg's software range.