I STILL use 8.5 when I need to ‘replace audio in video file’ - I am currently working in 9.5.x. I have heard that those that have upgraded to 10 get crashes when trying to open 8.5. (but I believe these have been mac users.) Can someone on W7 check whether these crashes happen in windows? I would be VERY grateful. I want to upgrade but not being able to do this brief function in 8.5 is a deal breaker for me.
(btw - their logs say it is rooted in the ‘groove agent’ update in 10 - seemingly not compatible in when open in 8.5.)
Cubase 10 and Cubase 8.5 are independent applications (executables), it shouldn’t affect each other. So I can’t imagine, you couldn’t open Cubase 8.5 after installing Cubase 10 (especially on Mac). Could you share a link of these posts, please?
Might be some users can’t open Cubase 8.5 projects in Cubase 10 or vice versa. But that’s another topic.
I upgraded to 10 yesterday. I just opened 8.5.30 and played back a project created in 9.5, no problem. I am, however, on Windows 10.
As Martin points out, the thing you might need to be concerned about is creating a project in 8.5 and then trying to move it to 10. If that’s something you can envision yourself doing, I’d check with Steinberg about forward compatibility.
(but I believe these have been mac users.) Can someone on W7 check whether these crashes happen in windows? I would be VERY grateful. I want to upgrade but not being able to do this brief function in 8.5 is a deal breaker for me.