Win 10, 11 and authorisations across machines

[Murray Webster]

Hi all,

I have a dilemma, like a lot of people, I guess. I have a powerful Win 10 laptop in for repair quote, which can't 'officially' be updated to Win 11 (i7-7700 desktop processor). So wondering whether it's viable to keep it going.

What's the deal with Cakewalk authorisations? Is there likely to be a scenario where a project that's created on a Win 11 machine can't be opened on a Win 10 machine or that a new Sonar version simply can't be installed or authorised on Win 10, and the current version won't run anymore?

Then of course there is the decision to unofficially upgrade to Win 11 via Rufus etc.

Many thanks!
M

Edited October 13 by Murray Webster

[Murray Webster]

Something I said?

Also, when re-installing software from the last 20 years do I follow the usual sequence up to Platinum and then skip CbB and go straight to subscription Sonar?

Thanks!

M

[Bristol_Jonesey]

2 hours ago, Murray Webster said:

when re-installing software from the last 20 years do I follow the usual sequence up to Platinum

You almost certainly won't need to install all of them. Platinum alone wil  get you most of the bundled plugins.

But there are a few which date back prior to that, such as:

Analyst

Bit Meter

R-Mix

Pantheon

Spectral Fx

Vintage Channel

Plus a load of old 32 bit plugs

And if you want V-Vocal, you'll have to do a minimum install of X2

[Murray Webster]

49 minutes ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

You almost certainly won't need to install all of them. Platinum alone wil  get you most of the bundled plugins.

But there are a few which date back prior to that, such as:

Analyst

Bit Meter

R-Mix

Pantheon

Spectral Fx

Vintage Channel

Plus a load of old 32 bit plugs

And if you want V-Vocal, you'll have to do a minimum install of X2

Thanks Bristol, I know. But my question was whether I need to install CbB or will the new Sonar suffice?

Is CbB available for new installs? I haven't used it since I subscribed. And what is the situation with future Win10 support for Sonar - could a future version invalidate moving projects across machines?

Thanks!
M

[Bristol_Jonesey]

1 hour ago, Murray Webster said:

Is CbB available for new installs?

No, not now. That time has passed. And tbf, CbB won't give you anything more than you'd get by installing Platinum followed by new Sonar.

[JazzP]

Cakewalk projects should be completely agnostic to the Windows version they were created on. As long as Cakewalk/Sonar can run and opens the project you should be fine. Whether all the same plugins/softsynths etc. are present on the other machine that's a different story...