I’m new to Cubase and now facing my first upgrade. Does Cubase fall into the category of applications (and operating systems) that generally benefits from a clean install? Or, does it have a history of upgrading cleanly without caveats?
I have no problem performing the extra steps of backing up prefs, uninstalling, reinstalling, etc. I just want the most reliable option.
In the time I’ve used Cubase (about 6 months), I’ve always upgraded without doing a clean install, and have never had an issue. C9 is as stable as C 8.5 for me, with no additional issues aside from the ins and outs that we all gripe about here.
If Cubase was upgraded you would not be able to use the previous version. As Grimm pointed out you have another, separate version of Cubase to use. C9 imported all my preferences, presets and my recent project history in 8.5. So it is in fact a clean install. I