Free EMU is a full version of the software limited to 1 universe. It includes Art-Net output, DMX output to ENTTEC USB devices, Sound Tracker, DMX/Art-Net monitoring, GDTF import, and the custom fixture editor.A paid license adds multi-universe output (up to 32 universes), MIDI learn, MIDI clock sync, full VST3 fader mapping (512 faders instead of 16), bank and program change, the full Crescit fixture library with weekly updates, and ongoing software updates while your license is active.

Yes, and either way you end up owning EMU. On annual, the license is yours from your first payment and the plan renews once a year for another year of updates. On monthly, the license is yours to keep after 12 payments and the plan carries on month to month so the updates keep coming. Switch renewal off any time in your account: the EMU version you have on that day stays yours and keeps working.

Two reasons. It’s £16.40 cheaper (£79 instead of £95.40 total), and you own EMU straight away instead of waiting 12 months. If you know you want EMU, annual is the better deal.

Payments only stop once you switch renewal off in your account, so nothing pauses by itself. If you do stop, you have a 3-month grace window. This is a total budget, not one single pause. As long as your combined gap time stays under 3 months, your paid months are saved and you pick up where you left off. If your combined gap time goes over 3 months, the clock resets and you start a new 12-month cycle. During any gap, EMU drops to the free tier. Full features come back the moment you resubscribe. The longest a monthly customer can take to earn perpetual is 15 months (12 paid plus 3 grace).

Yes. Each license covers 2 machines (two Hardware IDs). While you’re paying or within your updates entitlement period, you can swap Hardware IDs as often as you need. Once you’re on a perpetual license with no active subscription, each Hardware ID slot can only be changed once. Make sure you’re on the right machines before letting your subscription lapse.

Renewal happens automatically, and you can switch it off any time in your account. Your existing perpetual license keeps working either way. Annual renewal costs £79 and bumps your perpetual version to the current release straight away, with another year of updates. Monthly renewal continues the £7.95 per month plan, and your perpetual version bumps to whatever is current after 12 payments.

Yes. If you paid annually within the last 12 months, you already have a perpetual license. If you’ve been on a monthly subscription for 12 consecutive months or more, you’ve also earned one. Your perpetual license will be applied automatically when you update to the new version of EMU. No extra purchase needed.