Hi, I’m sure I’ve already seen this someone so please point me in the right direction.
It would be really good to be able to move add ons via usb rather than locked to a single desk.
We have 2 on site and ideally we’d want the option of moving the packs depending on where we want to mix from rather than having to swap desks over.
Engineers must want this option if rocking up to a venue and not being able to use their preferred packs with a house desk 
Hi Simon,
We did investigate this but found that USB authentication was unsecure and unreliable without an expensive ‘iLok’ style USB device, which then has the potential to be broken or lost.
Hence the method of Add-ons being installed on individual units using the unique DNA, and once installed are unaffected by firmware updates or hard resets (and cannot be removed).
So Add-ons ‘belong’ to the desk, as opposed to plugin licences that might belong to the engineer.
You are correct that many engineers have shows which include Add-ons, and would therefore prefer a fully upgraded house or rental desk. This is why Avantis Add-ons are provided as a single dPack (it either has it or it doesn’t) and why we recently introduced the ‘All Add-ons V1.6’ bundle for SQ.
Thanks,
Keith.