Backward compatibility of OS3?

[sweetcell]

hello, forum

i'm in the middle of putting together a track using the virus (OS2.7.5) & sonar, and i'm also dying to give OS3 a whirl. can anyone confirm if upgrading to OS3 will erase/shuffle my patches? in a nutshell, will i muck up my track by upgrading the virus' OS?

(i know that upgrading in the middle of a project is a bad idea, but curiosity is getting the batter of me).

thanks!

[tricky]

Theoreticly it should make no difference, however there are some claims in this forum, that state OS3 has made some difference to the sound of certain patches, updating the OS should not make any difference to the patch order and will not erase any patches, you can always try the update to OS3 and then revert back to 2.7.5 if things do get a bit messy, i would say it would be a very low risk and worth upgrading. Or you hurry up and get that track finished and then upgrade, the choice is yours. Good luck

[Talos]

OS3 is BETA, Do not use unless you want the new features.

If you want reliable, it's there in the form of 2.7.5.

However I don't think upgrading/downgrading will affect your tracks, from my experience.

[sweetcell]

Originally Posted by tricky

Or you hurry up and get that track finished

haven't we all heard that one before... finishing a track is an art in itself.

thanks tricky and talos for your input, much appreciated.

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[Ceri JC]

Originally Posted by tricky

Theoreticly it should make no difference, however there are some claims in this forum, that state OS3 has made some difference to the sound of certain patches, updating the OS should not make any difference to the patch order and will not erase any patches, you can always try the update to OS3 and then revert back to 2.7.5 if things do get a bit messy, i would say it would be a very low risk and worth upgrading. Or you hurry up and get that track finished and then upgrade, the choice is yours. Good luck

+1.

I would even go so far as to suggest that the "claims" of certain patches sounding different are undeniable: I have rendered a short (8 bar) section of a single patch done in both 2.7.5 and 3.0.1 and it quite clearly* sounds different. I say "different" as "better" is a subjective thing, although to my ears the patches I've noticed this on have generally sounded a bit better. Naturally, it depends on what you're after in a particular sound. I also noticed this difference is much more noticeable in some patches than others (so much so that without back to back tests I can't tell the difference on some). Presumably this is because some patches don't use the parts that have audibly changed. If anyone is particularly interested, I'd be happy to make mp3s/wavs of the different files available. I could also try loading both into an oscilliscope and seeing how noticeable the visual differences are.

I'm assuming this is down to improvements in certain parts of the synth in OS3.


* By "quite clearly" I mean a real tangible difference in sound that anyone with a remotely trained ear for music/sound, even a non-synthesist would recognise instantly, not some questionable minutae that hi-fi addicts would argue fruitlessly over.

[marc]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

+1.

I would even go so far as to suggest that the "claims" of certain patches sounding different are undeniable: I have rendered a short (8 bar) section of a single patch done in both 2.7.5 and 3.0.1 and it quite clearly* sounds different. I say "different" as "better" is a subjective thing, although to my ears the patches I've noticed this on have generally sounded a bit better. Naturally, it depends on what you're after in a particular sound. I also noticed this difference is much more noticeable in some patches than others (so much so that without back to back tests I can't tell the difference on some). Presumably this is because some patches don't use the parts that have audibly changed. If anyone is particularly interested, I'd be happy to make mp3s/wavs of the different files available. I could also try loading both into an oscilliscope and seeing how noticeable the visual differences are.

I'm assuming this is down to improvements in certain parts of the synth in OS3.


* By "quite clearly" I mean a real tangible difference in sound that anyone with a remotely trained ear for music/sound, even a non-synthesist would recognise instantly, not some questionable minutae that hi-fi addicts would argue fruitlessly over.

please make those mp3s available. i'm really curious what you're talking about.

thanks, marc

[Ceri JC]

Originally Posted by marc

please make those mp3s available. i'm really curious what you're talking about.

thanks, marc

Will do try to do it tonight. I'll post a link to the files in this thread. Filesizes of the .zip containing it all would be about 5MB I'd imagine. I take it you'd prefer .wavs to .mp3s?

I'll include the patch concerned and a text file detailing host, system, method of recording, etc.

Cheers,

Ceri

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Will do try to do it tonight. I'll post a link to the files in this thread. Filesizes of the .zip containing it all would be about 5MB I'd imagine. I take it you'd prefer .wavs to .mp3s?

I'll include the patch concerned and a text file detailing host, system, method of recording, etc.

Cheers,

Ceri

This thorough method of testing is much appreciated. I too would love to hear. If there truly are differences, perhaps Access would be interested too.