I have had to replace my old hard-drive (Windows 7 running Cubase 5!!!), losing all the programs and plug-ins which were installed over a decade ago by the guy who set up my system. Now with a new hard-drive, up-to-date OS and newly installed Cubase 13, I am ready to get back in business.
I have 3 unfinished projects in which the beats came from Addictive Drums 01, so when I open these projects now I get the message, “The pug-in ‘Addictive Drums’ could not be found…” If I upgrade to Addictive Drums 2, will Cubase be able to find the plug-in and play what I programmed in version 01?
It’s not on Cubase site, but the plug-in. If the plug-in vendor changed the unique plug-in ID, then every DAW sees it as a new plug-in, which has nothing to do with the old one. If they didn’t change the ID, it’s the same plug-in for the DAWs (hosts).
I have this problem but with Kontakt. My old projects used v5 so I get the similar warning. The MIDI data is still there, so you can just install AD2 and assign it to those tracks. But the articulations may be different etc. It’s a pain.
Yep, as you say, it’s a pain - I’m going to have to start from scratch with the AD 2 I just bought, or try to get a refund and hope that swapping it for a new instal of AD 1 just slots right in there with the old midi data. Thankfully the new Halion is compatible, so my painfully constructed keyboard parts still play!
If you get ad2 you can just load the old project and then swap out the plugin from the inspector window. I’ve done it with other plugins I no longer have. If the notes don’t match you can either change in ad2 or use a drum map and change the out note. You can then load the drum map for any of the projects using ad1. I suspect the mapping is the same but it may not be. I don’t know AD itself as I use SD3.
Thanks, mkok. At the moment I haven’t a clue about how to use a drum map but that seems like the best option to try, if I can get my slow-learning head around it, ta.