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  • Can I really erase my Pro AND Horizon stuff?

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    Hi guys,

    I´ll be getting the extended VI´s. Before I start buying new HD´s (+backup HD`S) a quick question:
    I have almost all Horizons and the Pro Edition. What can I erase after installing the VI?
    I frequently have to acess old files so abandoning the EXS´s would be bad.

    Can those old EXS´s still find their samples in the new VI samples (with Andreas EXS Manager)?

    All the best,

    Jochen
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    @Josch said:

    Can those old EXS´s still find their samples in the new VI samples (with Andreas EXS Manager)?


    Hi Jochen,
    most probably no.
    There is a very recent thread about the same question.

    Best,
    Nils
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    J
    Thank you Nils,

    I know this thread. It says:

    "You can delete all of Pro Edition if:

    - You dont want to load your old songs where Pro. Ed was used
    - You plan on getting the extended VI. If not Pro Ed includes articulations not available in the standard VI."

    There is a possibility for a missunderstanding:
    If *both* statements are true I can delete the Pro Samples?
    Or if only *one* statement is true I can delete them?

    That would be very different in my case. I can read the statement that *all* Pro-articulations are present in the VI. Then the question is still if the EXS Instruments can find (and use) them with the help of the EXS Manager.

    Also, if I understand correctly all VI´s are 24 bit, right?
    So I definitly would prefer the old EXS Instruments acessing the new samples.

    All the best,

    Jochen
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    Josch

    To answer your questions.

    If you are not buying the EXTENDED VIs then DO NOT delete your old Pro Ed - you will lose a lot of articulations.

    If you want to open exisiting songs (using EXS) and do not want to translate them all to using VIs (which I think would be a huge task anyway) then DO NOT delete your old Pro Ed.

    So its a kind of "both" but not mutually exclusive.

    As for using the new VIs in EXS this is a big NO. The VIs use their own proprietary data format which EXS cannot use.

    Hope this helps.

    Best

    Tim
  • J
    J
    Ok, got it. Thank you.

    Jochen