Thomas Bones Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hello everyone, I am using bandlab (used to known as Sonar) from 2008. All my old projects (10 years+) have a problem with waves L2. Although I have the plugin installed and working in my system, when opening old projects bandlab says it is missing. I can add a new instance of the plugin, but I cannot use the old one. I have a newer edition of L2 from what I had then. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Sometimes updates change the Class ID of the plugin. It's supposed to migrate but manufacturers don't always get it right, unfortunately. The easiest solution is to put in the new version of the plugin, I'd say, and thankfully L2 is fairly basic as far as what you usually adjust on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bones Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Lord Tim said: Sometimes updates change the Class ID of the plugin. It's supposed to migrate but manufacturers don't always get it right, unfortunately. The easiest solution is to put in the new version of the plugin, I'd say, and thankfully L2 is fairly basic as far as what you usually adjust on it. I think you're right with the Class ID. The problem is that I used L2 in all of my projects as a mixing volume solution and it is in almost every track. Is there a way to change the Class ID of the plugin or (better yet) to redirect the saved bandlab plugin to the new class ID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I don't believe so, sorry, but people smarter than me might have a different answer for you  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bones Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Do you know if there is a way to edit the bandlab project files (cwp)? Tried with notepad++, but every time I make a change the file gets corrupted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 No there isn't, it's a proprietary format with chunks of data in it from what I recall, so I'd assume there would be checksums in there as well to see if anything has been altered/corrupted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bones Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 I think I know what the problem is. I used waves 5.0 in the old projects and they aren't compatible with windows 11 unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 49 minutes ago, Thomas Bones said: I think I know what the problem is. I used waves 5.0 in the old projects and they aren't compatible with windows 11 unfortunately Maybe load any old projects up temporarily on a Win 10 machine. Then bounce the tracks down with FX including the old Waves plugin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bones Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 I'm thinking on firing up a win7 machine and installing both versions of the plugin, then copy manually the settings from one plugin to the next, save the project and open it in win11. Fun times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 can you re-install/rollback to the older version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I'm thinking its past time to finish up those ten year old projects and move on.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, bdickens said: I'm thinking its past time to finish up those ten year old projects and move on.... Remember there is always the possibility that one had to shelve their musical projects for a while, and tend to life's other responsibilities. But technology does keep moving on regardless... That's one reason why Craig Anderton (and others) say bouncing mixed tracks down is always a good practice. Better shelf life that way without dependence on specific plug-ins, or DAWs. Edited August 14, 2022 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I can't begin to tell you guys how much I wish I'd followed that advice over the years 😒 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 54 minutes ago, abacab said: That's one reason why Craig Anderton (and others) say bouncing mixed tracks down is always a good practice. Better shelf life that way without dependence on specific plug-ins, or DAWs. And in addition if you have the disk archive space, you could always export the stems without FX, in case you might get the itch to remix it 10 years down the road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I have revisited things from the distant past myself, but when I do I just re record it because not only have plugins changed so much, so has everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bones Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022  5 hours ago, bdickens said: I'm thinking its past time to finish up those ten year old projects and move on.... You can't imagine how true this is for me. I have songs 22 years old still mixing and recording Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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