Can we run Mixcraft 7 and 8 side by side?

[bob53050]

Sorry if I missed this in my search but was hoping to checking if this was an option for my Windows 8.1 laptop.

Thanks for any insights,

Bob

[freightgod]

Yes. 8 can open 7 files, but not the other way around.

[bob53050]

Thanks for the reply.

So no conflicting issues (dlls) with Mixcraft 7 and 8?

Bob

[Mark Bliss]

If by dll's you mean plug ins, not really.

Plug in's, project files, etc. are stored outside the Mixcraft program, so they are retained, generally creating little or no problem changing versions.

I think there have been some rare instances where an old project, opened in a newer version of Mixcraft loses track of where to find a third party plug in that was previously used. It should be easy to re-associate the folder or file and get it going again.

I usually leave the old version installed for a short time when I upgrade to a new version, but have found more and more..... its really not necessary. It just makes me feel better I guess.

[aj113]

MC 8 has plugin delay compensation. If you have nudged anything in your MC 7 project to maually compensate, MC 8 will play it out of sync.

For me, this means pretty much all MC 7 projects.

[bob53050]

Hello all,

Sorry for my vagueness in my original request:

I was asking if there are issues if I install Mixcraft 8 on a computer where I have Mixcraft 7 already installed and after installing Mixcraft 8 am I still able to use Mixcraft 7 in case I have issues with Mixcraft 8?

This is on a Windows 8.1 laptop.

Thanks,

Bob

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

Yes, you can certainly do that. I keep Mixcraft 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 installed at the same time. Mixcraft 8 can even open Mixcraft 2 projects.

Greg

[bob53050]

Thanks Greg

[BillW]

I just want to be sure from a licensing point of view. Are we allowed to run both 7 and 8? Simultaneously?

Sounds odd but I did this tonight. I am learning a song from JamTracks I bought (that has separate mp3 files for each track. I loaded each of about 10 tracks in mx7, and in mx8 I'm recording.

So I can go over to 7,play a section of one track, or some combination to get some5ideas, then bounce over to 8

In 7 I can slow down a section to learn it etc. Very little resources since it's just mp3 with no fx.

And I'll wait to add fx like eq and compression to my mx8 project until I've got it all and don't need the mp3 files in 7

But my question is, am I doing anything "illegal" by running both simultaneously?

[Ajgi]

Hi,

Mixcraft 8 can even open Mixcraft 2 projects.

Greg

I'm not sure if this is a sign of very good backwards compatibility, or a sign that Mixcraft 8 includes a lot of very old code

[aj113]

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But my question is, am I doing anything "illegal" by running both simultaneously?

No, you've paid for both so you can use them both however you please. But why don't you just ditch 7 and open up two instances of 8?

[Anorax]

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But my question is, am I doing anything "illegal" by running both simultaneously?

No, you've paid for both so you can use them both however you please. But why don't you just ditch 7 and open up two instances of 8?

If it ain't broke, why fix it?

[Acoustica Greg]

I'm not sure if this is a sign of very good backwards compatibility, or a sign that Mixcraft 8 includes a lot of very old code

Just giving the customers what they want: our customers love being able to open their old project in the new version. They'd hate it if the new version couldn't load old projects.

[BillW]

But why don't you just ditch 7 and open up two instances of 8?

My thinking is that 7 uses less resources than 8 - and since all i'm going in 7 is playing mp3 files (solo or in some combination of 2 or more tracks) why take up valuable cpu?

I actually thought of downloading Audacity (again under the "less resources" assumption) but I want to keep all my work in the MX family.

Thanks for the responses to my question. Good to know I'm not in violation of anything.

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

Mixcraft 8 might use less resources than Mixcraft 7 in a lot of cases. For example, it uses less resources when loading 32-bit plugins into 64-bit Mixcraft. It also has other optimizations.


Greg