After upgrade the V Collection, should I retain the older version of synths?

[HaraldS]

I have gone through multiple upgrades. Should I retain older versions of synths such as Mini V3 currently at Mini V4?
What are the disadvantages of deleting these?

[tmoore]

If you have existing DAW projects that used those plug-ins, you’ll want to keep the plug-ins installed if you ever intend to open the projects again. The new versions are essentially new plug-ins, and they won’t substitute automatically for the old versions.

Other than that, if you have custom presets you made for the old versions, you might want to keep them around to use those, at least to use as a reference for recreating them in the new version. This also isn’t automatic.

Also, the stock presets are not necessarily the same, so if you have some favourites that you want to keep, that’s another reason.

[HaraldS]

Thanks, I checked and indeed there are significant differences in factory presets.

[SF_Green]

@HaraldS

there are significant differences in factory presets.

Yes, also some of the Sound Packs will only play on the version under which they were issued. Although I think you can usually play them in later versions of Analog Lab.

Here’s my introduction to this issue:

B-3 presets from Sound Banks not showing

I purchased several Sound Banks that contain B-3 presets. They show up in Analog Lab, but not in B-3. Should they show in B-3 (I hope so!) or are they only usable in Analog Lab? If they should be showing in B-3 but aren’t, how to I get them there? Do I have to export them from Analog Lab? The Sound Banks do show in my accounts as registered, and I opened ASC and Synchronized, but still no presets from the new Sound Banks in B-3 V. Thanks Windows Pro 10 x64 1909 Analog Lab V 5.7.2.3703 B…

[Jon_Vincent]

Yes is the short answer, unless you routinely render all your VSTs as audio after you’ve finished. Otherwise one day you’ll open a project and get silence on tracks where you uninstalled the old VST.

[matjones]

@Jon_Vincent

unless you routinely render all your VSTs as audio after you’ve finished

This is a REALLY SENSIBLE suggestion and one which i’ve been doing myself for quite some time now after losing other plugins in OS updates etc over the years.

Rule #1 regarding computers… NEVER trust them!!!

[Jon_Vincent]

@matjones

This is a REALLY SENSIBLE suggestion and one which i’ve been doing myself for quite some time now after losing other plugins in OS updates etc over the years.

It’s something I tend to always do, so that when I come back to a project in X number of years each track in a project [that was a VST] will sound exactly like I left it. I would always advise people do this, but I would imagine most do not.

[matjones]

It’s just common sense really if you think about it for a nanosecond or so…

[Jon_Vincent]

Another benefit is it frees up a lot of processing-power. Replaying rendered audio requires a tiny fraction of the processing-power required for rendering VSTs in real time.

[GitWolf]

Working in software development for 30 years i just can agree with 200%

Yes: always keep the recorded audio. In fact i always render the audio and put effects for mixing to the audio instead of the midi track in my DAW.

Have fun!