I know various people are already claiming they have cracked the SPIKETM software programs but I don't believe it.
You would have seen someone showing off their genius on YouTube already.
Also, everytime you do a software code upgrade, isn't that going to reset everything.
Again, the KISS machines haven't arrived yet and no person has heard the songs so again I see a lot of assumptions re the sound etc etc. Maybe people won't be able to change the songs, maybe the code won't be hacked.
I wouldn't get my hopes up on being able to 100 percent play with Sterns code. Warranty issues, making the machine inoperable and then the Stern code updates won't work, there is a lot of risk here playing with Sterns code.
Who can trust some hackers code ? On a $7850 to $11,000 machine, big risk.
It would be bad if the only way to fix it was to buy a complete new computer board, and that could be VERY expensive.
Unless Stern and the band release the orig songs and the code for it, the small percentage of people wanting to upload hackers software might get stuck, or even worse, a dead BNIB pinny.
Wait for the machines in person. You might like what KISS and the band/Stern have installed from factory ?
(Also, how tight arse is Gene Simmons denying Ace and the other band member royalties ? It's not like Gene isn't worth a few billion dollars ?)
One of the guys dumped the code on a pinside thread. It's done. It is a Linux platform, so it won't be long before Linux Gurus jump on the code and make improvements. No doubt SPIKE will have its own Homebrew implementation within months.
Music is the re recorded cover band versions. It has been on all Stern Facebook updates. This is fact. NOT the original recordings.
