I hear you, mate. You have my sympathy.dewdman42 wrote:...I agree with you that these manufacturers seem to feel opposite as me, obviously. Its still annoying!
... unless you're a pauper like me and have to sell stuff to be able to buy stuff. I've always looked forward to the day when I could put stuff in storage (spare room!) whenever I upgrade. For starters, I'd not have sold so many beloved synths over the years (W'Station SR 3 times over(!), K4r, ASR-10 and so on).billf wrote:The approach to the legacy challenge can also be to keep older machines for restoring old projects
... or DP's built-in ones!billf wrote:... or stick to a small set of long standing third party plugins such as Waves that you know have continuity.
Yeah, I agree Billy. That's why I'll be shooting for PSP, Spectrasonics, Audio Ease, NI and so on when I eventually add 3rd-P plugs to DP. They must have been around for a while and look like they'll continue to do so. That's the best that we can do, it would seem.
Such a pro. Good call, mate.billf wrote:However, I've had issues where something such as having used a VI such as MachFive version 1 on a legacy project can cause launch challenges on a modern set up. In cases such as that, having made good session notes can obviate the problems.