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AhmedTaburov · Post by **AhmedTaburov** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:51 am

Hi!
Two questions:
1.)I "bought" the upgrade to Producer Edition (& Free Life Time Uptades) yesterday from RegSoft.com.Now if I get it right I wait for an e-mail from the FL team with the new regcode,right?
2.)When I want to upgrade/update to the next version,let's say 6.0,will the istallation delete any of my presets/folders?
THNX!

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:41 am

1) sounds right

2) No. But back them up anyway.

Also, get in the habit of saving your presets in .fxp format.

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:45 am

AhmedTaburov wrote:Hi!
Two questions:
1.)I "bought" the upgrade to Producer Edition (& Free Life Time Uptades) yesterday from RegSoft.com.Now if I get it right I wait for an e-mail from the FL team with the new regcode,right?

Basically, yes. They're usually in touch within 24 hours, unless it's weekend.

2.)When I want to upgrade/update to the next version,let's say 6.0,will the istallation delete any of my presets/folders?
THNX!

You can either install over the previous version, or do a 'clean' install and have both versions available. Imageline will warn people if the next update (ie, 6.0) is not backwards compatible.

'EDIT'
F#ck, too slow again I see

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:13 am

well that will teach you to use fancy shit like "quotes" and detailed answers =)

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:31 pm

AhmedTaburov wrote:Hi!
Two questions:
1.)I "bought" the upgrade to Producer Edition (& Free Life Time Uptades) yesterday from RegSoft.com.Now if I get it right I wait for an e-mail from the FL team with the new regcode,right?
2.)When I want to upgrade/update to the next version,let's say 6.0,will the istallation delete any of my presets/folders?
THNX!

any folders you make or are inside of FL5 yes.... I make copies before installing a new version...that's why for so many things the browser is great. When you install a new version you just need to re-assign the files search...I also take alot of the stuff that come with FL out (cool stuff, packs) when I install a new version...

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:43 pm

hoffy wrote:well that will teach you to use fancy shit like "quotes" and detailed answers =)

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:02 pm

Also, get in the habit of saving your presets in .fxp format.

I say get in the habbit of saving your presets in .fst format, so you can drag presets from the Fl Studio browser into your projects..

boin · Post by **boin** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:09 pm

From someone who has been using FL for ages (since v1.5): I *always* install a new version in a separate folder and keep the old one for a while.
This avoids nasty things like not being able to finish a project because there is something in the new version that is not totally compatible, not mentioning simple plain bugs.
After things are stable enough for me, THEN I delete the old version (yes, delete) and keep the new one. Works for me.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:40 pm

boin wrote:From someone who has been using FL for ages (since v1.5): I *always* install a new version in a separate folder and keep the old one for a while.
This avoids nasty things like not being able to finish a project because there is something in the new version that is not totally compatible, not mentioning simple plain bugs.
After things are stable enough for me, THEN I delete the old version (yes, delete) and keep the new one. Works for me.

me too, - good advice

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kode_poet · Post by **kode_poet** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:03 am

Usually I save all my Project data, including presets, preset banks, FLPs, Piano Roll scores, etc. in a separate location, such as another particion, or even a removable harddrive. Since they are small files (depending on the complexity of the project) I also back up my stuff in my USB thumbdrive, that way I have reduntand back ups. Also, when a project is finished, I render every mixer track to a different wav file and save all of them on a DVD-R... ready to mixed in a studio and mastered afterwards. Either way, you can never have too much back up, whether is small files or entire rendered individual tracks.

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:23 am

pheeleep wrote:Also, get in the habit of saving your presets in .fxp format.

I say get in the habbit of saving your presets in .fst format, so you can drag presets from the Fl Studio browser into your projects..

ok then. Save them as both. I stopped using .fst files because it clogged up the context menu, and because i started using FL and Cubase together.

My point is, if you are going to make some really nice patches, you may as well .fxp them so that you can share them online =)

AhmedTaburov · Post by **AhmedTaburov** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:19 am

THNX guys!!!

Distorted_Mastermind · Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:41 am

Two main things I do that aren't metioned above are 1. A global VST folder (important since many people start with FL) and 2. A global sample drive (yes a whole drive, but a folder would work fine for some people). Those are both really important things to keep in mind.
I also make sure the version is stable before removing the other. Made that mistake once, hopefully never again.

Edit:Damn typos

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