Upgrading to Pro-Q 4

Upgrading from Pro-Q version 3, 2 or 1 to the new Pro-Q 4 is safe and easy: installing Pro-Q 4 will not replace or delete the previous Pro-Q plug-in versions. Different major versions will co-exist and can be used at the same time. This ensures that you can open old songs that use Pro-Q 3 without problems.

Presets from version 3, 2 or 1

All presets created with Pro-Q 3, 2 or 1 can be loaded in Pro-Q 4. If you upgraded to the new version, your original presets v3, v2 and v1 presets will be accessible via the V3 Preset Folder, V2 Preset Folder and V1 Preset Folder items in the preset menu. See also Loading presets.

Note: Because the processing engine in Pro-Q has been renewed and improved, it's possible that a preset from a previous version loaded into Pro-Q 4 sounds slightly different.

Replacing a Pro-Q 3, 2 or 1 instance by Pro-Q 4

If you are working on a song and want to replace an earlier Pro-Q version instance with the new Pro-Q 4, we advise you to do the following:

• First, save the current setting of the instance as a FabFilter preset in the preset folder of that Pro-Q version.
• Then, remove the old Pro-Q instance and add Pro-Q 4 in its place.
• Finally, load the preset that you just created into Pro-Q 4 via the V3/2/1 Preset Folder submenu in the preset menu.

Automation

Because the feature set of Pro-Q 4 has changed fundamentally, any automation data that has been written by a Pro-Q 3, Pro-Q 2 or Pro-Q 1 instance cannot be read correctly by Pro-Q 4.

Note: We are in contact with developers from all plug-in frameworks to implement a way of properly replacing old Pro-Q instance with new Pro-Q 4 instances, including the translation of automation data, but sadly this is not possible yet at the moment.

Next: Manual installation

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