Tracktion 2 upgrade

[Lesgrandepotato]

I’ve just exhumed my old DAW, I’m on T2 with a mackie onyx satellite FireWire setup on windows 7.
I’m keen to do some more midi sequence stuff with my Synth. Should I stay with T2? Or has stuff moved massively on?
If I upgrade tracktion will my hardware still work? What about my existing projects?

[whyterabbyt]

Or has stuff moved massively on?

Tracktion 2 is from around 2005. So, erm, yeah. Try the free version and see.

However, be aware that Waveform 11 is 64-bit only on windows. If your OS is 32-bit, it wont run. Im pretty sure there was no 64-bit version of T2.

And if your OS is 64-bit, but your plugins are 32-bit, you'll either need software called a 'bit bridge' (eg jbridge), or 64-bit versions.

If I upgrade tracktion will my hardware still work?

DAWs rely on device drivers to use hardware. Changing or upgrading a DAW doesnt change the driver. Nothing you'd be changing has anything to do with any of your hardware.

Again, try the free version.

What about my existing projects?

Back them up first. They should load, but they'll get converted to backwards-incompatible new projects. And you may have issues with plugins and plugin settings, especially if you cant match the exact set of plugins you had.

[Lesgrandepotato]

Awesome- some serious backing up to be done and I’ll get on it tomorrow.

[jabe]

There's no need to remove T2 when you install later versions.