The new v5 plug-ins will not overwrite your v4 plug-ins, instead the two versions will co-exist on your system. This means your existing projects using v4 will be unaffected. You will note the v5 plug-ins have a “5” appended to the name, so for example “TrackPlug” is the v4 name, while “TrackPlug 5” is the v5 name. If you want to replace instances of v4 plug-ins with v5 plug-ins, you have to do this manually within your host audio application, by deleting the v4 plug-in and inserting a v5 plug-in in its place. Before doing this, you may want to export your custom v4 presets to a Wave Arts preset file so that the v5 plug-ins can import them. The instructions below describe how to convert your presets. Note that the factory presets for TP4 and MV4 are available on the Wave Arts web site.
If you are already managing presets in v4 using a Wave Arts preset file, you are in good shape. Your v5 plug-in can import this file directly. Skip ahead to step B.
A. If you are managing v4 presets using your host program, you will need to create a Wave Arts preset file and store the presets one by one. Hereís how to do this:
1) Open the v4 plug within your host. Select “New Preset File...” from the File menu found in the top menu bar of the v4 plug-in. You might name the file “TrackPlug 4 Presets.txt” if you are saving TrackPlug presets.
2) Select a preset from the host application preset interface.
3) Save this preset using “Save Preset As...” from the File menu. You may have to type in its name.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all presets you have stored in the host for the plug-in.
5) Close the preset file by selecting “Close Preset File” from the File menu.
B. Now you can import the presets into the v5 plug-in. Open an instance of the corresponding v5 plug-in. Select the “Import...” option in the Preset menu found in the menu bar at the top of the v5 plug-in. The plug-in will ask you whether you want to replace your existing user presets. Then select the file of v4 presets. The preset will be read, converted into v5 format, and will appear in your list of user presets, found in the Preset menu under the “User” rolloff menu.