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2017/12/29 04:45:48
deswind
This is probably a stupid question - but I will go for it anyway.
Let's say platinum stops working but I have an 8.5. disk.

Will a Platinum bundle open up in 8.5.?
2017/12/29 05:17:04
bapu
Possible, but if Platinum stopped working in your OS I would venture to say that 8.5 will probably have stopped working too. But who's to say.
 
But if it did open it may not work nearly a expected even after putting aside that the Platinum may be using PC modules etc. that are not round in 8.5 (of course I knew you knew that).
 
If I think of it I'll send a small bundle to my son who is still on 8.5 and see what he says.
 
2017/12/29 05:28:03
bapu
Just sent a test to my son. Maybe I'll hear back from him tomorrow.
2017/12/29 05:41:39
mettelus
Noel had made mention when AUX tracks were introduced that cwp files were no longer backwards compatible (that spanned the AUX track introduction). I am not sure if that also affects bundles, but seems it would apply to the cwp file inside of it (whether it will extract the wav files would need testing). Up until that point, a cwp would open as much as it could, tell you it was created in a newer version, and let you know what it failed to open.
 
Doing a "save as" in platinum to a new folder and copying the audio with the project might be a better strategy than using a bundle. Exporting stems would be the safest, since any DAW could use those.
2017/12/29 05:47:36
BENT
The short answer is YES!
I bundled up a current project and transferred it across to my W7 lappy which has 8.5, X1, X2, X3 and Splat. The file opened up ok but as bapu said, Some things like Pro Channel setting will be lost
 
hth 
2017/12/29 05:56:51
bapu
mettelus has the right of it IF (BIG IF) you have the time to export stems of every SONAR Platinum based project before it all goes to hell in handbasket.
 
If it were me and I were really paranoid I'd start exporting major stems and or tracks now (maybe even somewhat FX'd be it in PC or 3rd pary) so that eventually I'd have that much to essentially recreate as near a mix that existed when Platinum (or all CW SONAR software) went south for good.
 
But I'm not paranoid as my DAW backup scheme allows me to recover backward up to three weeks in time. One of those weeks would be a "frozen" offline version of a working Platinum that I would never update the OS on again. At that point I'd build a brand new box for all my currently supported and in development DAWs and keep the old box just for Platinum which would then give me more time to do all the exports I may never have gotten around to.
2017/12/29 06:02:51
bapu
BTW, I'm not paranoid. I just know you should always have a reasonably safe/sane backup plan.
 
2017/12/29 07:03:40
deswind
This is good to know.  So let's say I have Platinum on my windows 10 and it no longer works.
I could use my 8.5 disk on a Windows 7 laptop and perhaps still retrieve my bundle files (Perhaps with some glitches).
2017/12/29 10:28:57
Kalle Rantaaho
I would not trust bundle files for long term storage, absolutely not. 
2017/12/29 12:26:24
bobguitkillerleft
bapu
BTW, I'm not paranoid. I just know you should always have a reasonably safe/sane backup plan.
 


 
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