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Topic: Migrating existing projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7

I originally bought Pianoteq 6 (Sept. 2020).  Recently got a new MacBook and installed Pianoteq 7 on it.  When I open up old projects that use Pianoteq 6, my DAW can't find that plugin.  It is a hassle to change each instance of Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7 and then reconfigure it to match the previous Pianoteq 6 configuration.  I have looked for a way to install Pianoteq 6 on the new MacBook, but have not found it.  My account at Modartt seems to only have Pianoteq 7 on it now.  Two questions:
1) Can I still install Pianoteq 6?
2) Is there a more convenient way to convert projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7?

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Michael

P.S. My DAW is Reaper

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Re: Migrating existing projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7

There should be a "Previous versions are still available, in case you encounter any problem with the latest version, click here." option on the downloads page of the user area.  My account lists versions back through 5.8.  It's possible that if you upgraded your version, you might not see downloads to the "lesser" version going back as far.  I know I bought PTQ Play (the predecessor of Stage) at version 2 or 3.

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Re: Migrating existing projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7

I think I figured out what's going on:  My new MacBook has an M1 chip, which is only supported since Pianoteq 7.1.  So I'm guessing I can't run Pianoteq 6 on this new machine?

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Re: Migrating existing projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7

Nicely spotted Mike. And good info tm.

I'm sure some others may become confused by this same issue too.

I was getting ready to suggest 'rescan/refresh plugins' etc.

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Re: Migrating existing projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7

Damn that sucks. I guess this won't happen, but it'd be really nice if they provided an M1 compatible v6 so you can open those not-even-that-old sessions.

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Re: Migrating existing projects from Pianoteq 6 to Pianoteq 7

+1 on that @moshuajusic!

Also, at least in my DAW (Reaper), on the new M1 Mac -- unless I'm missing something -- it doesn't display how the Pianoteq 6 plugin was configured on the old machine.  So, I'm bringing up the project on my old machine, checking the configuration of the Pianoteq 6 plugin there, and then applying that configuration to the Pianoteq 7 plugin on the new M1 machine.