Cubase 10 Upgrade Question

Wagtunes · July 9, 2020, 3:15am

Scab Pickens:

Wagtunes:

planarchist:

The trial version is the full installer BUT there have been reports of people not having earlier versions work properly after the 10.5 trial has completed if you don’t go for getting the full paid for update.

You certainly can run both versions side by side but it does appear they’re suggesting you may have to reinstall the older version. This is not something that’s been mentioned before as far as I’m aware.

The complete version 7 is available here BTW:

https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/unsupported_products/downloads_cubase_7.html

Thanks. That pretty much clinches it for me. Reinstalling 7 means I lose all my settings, everything. I bought 7 in 2013. That’s a lot of customization gone.

Guess I’ll stick with 7.

You can make a backup of your Cubase 7 preferences folder “just in case”.

It is strange that they say you have to reinstall the previous version. I’m curious as to why …

Also, just out of more curiosity, why are you “definitely not reinstalling Cubase 7”? It’s a pretty common thing to do after, for example, a fresh operating system reinstall. I’ve done it several times.

Still, the reinstallation of a previous version thing baffles me a bit …

Because reinstalling software is a royal PITA. I hate doing it and avoid it at all costs unless I have no choice. So if I can get 10 and keep 7 and not have to reinstall anything, I’m good to go. Otherwise, I can just keep on using 7 until I have no choice such as a VST I want doesn’t run in 7. I know it’ll happen eventually.