Version Compatibility

[slinky005]

Will a newer version of PT (10 and up ) be able to open a version 8 session?
If so, what steps need to be taken to achieve this?

[mjslakeridge]

You shouldn't have to do anything special to open up a PT 8 session with a current version. I recently took my LE 7.4 sessions to a pro studio for mixing and they opened it right up with no problems. (They were on PT 10. I think the only time where you had to do anything special was going from a MAC to PC session, but maybe even that has changed. If you were trying to open up a PT 12 session in PT8, there may be an issue with features not available in PT8, but you could still import the audio files.

[slinky005]

Thx for the reply.

I seem to recall years ago that there was some type of process to go through. Has this been simplified in the newer versions?

[AlexLakis]

In newer versions of Pro Tools, you can choose to save your session as a .ptf instead of a .ptx; the .ptf will open in older versions of Pro Tools no problem. I go from Pro Tools 12.1 to 7.4 and back all the time; no issues. Just be aware that settings for modern features like Clip Gain will be lost in the conversion.

[The Weed]

Some plug-ins and/or settings may also be lost as will any features in a newer version of PT not in the older version.

[slinky005]

This would not require any plugins so I guess I'm good to go.

Thx all for the help.