Reinstalling Cubase Studio 4 or other options

Cubase
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Hello Community,

Sorry if this question was already answered. I have a very old version of cubase studio 4.0. I had it installed on a mid 2010 Mac Pro (not Macbook pro) with originally Mavericks but now High Sierra. The DA/AD convertors are lynx studio AES16e/Aurora 16. I read from this post it is not possible (installing-cubase-4-on-mac/112677). What is the options thats the cheapest to get this system functional. I had to put my studio on ice for many years because my last studio’s lease got pulled due to sale then decided to buy a huge home to incorporate my studio and ran into unexpected structural issues which side tracked me over 10 years and killed my finances. Finally back on my feet and setup my studio last year and my Mac Pro HD/OS partition crashed, so with alot of work was able to reinstall High Sierra. Also is there any way to extract some sort of config file from the old setup to see what the environment was like (I had reason, maschine, UAD, trillion, and a bunch of stuff, but unfortunately cant remember the exact config), the old HD with the crashed OS partition is accessible with terminal. What I am concerned about is launching old tracks that now cannot work because the env is not the same, aisde from getting all the missing plug in errors and doing it trial and error. Thank you so much for any help.

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Hi and welcome to the forum,

If Iæm not mistaken, this Cubase version wasn’t Intel-Mac ready. So the only way was to install it under the Rosetta Mode. I’m not sure, this macOS version still supports Rosetta.

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You could be right. I opened my older Mac Pro which is a Power Mac G5 (Power Mac 7.3, PowerPC G5), must be 2003-2006, there wasnt any Cubase installed but I did find a folder for Cubase 4 Studio. The only issue is Im not sure I upgraded and dont remember doing so and if so I dont have it registered under the same account as I did for Cubase Studio 4. I dont remember installing it in Rosetta mode on the Mac Pro 2010 (Intel processors), I can navigate the HD in terminal, but thats about it. Is there a way to extract configutation details from the cubase app folder from a certain config file. My main objective is to get this machine working with some version of Cubase that will be able to load my Cubase Studio 4 tracks, without having to upgrade the hardware. Is there a section where I can find out what cubase is compatible with Mac Pro 2010 and OS X High Sierra? Thank you for the welcome and help!

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Hi,

Your plug-ins are definitely 32-bit. The latest 32-bit Cubase was Cubase LE, AI, Elements 8 or Cubase Artist, Pro 8.5. These are your versions to go.