opening max 9 max for live patches with max 8 / ableton live 11
Okay basically can I open max 9 patches with max 8?
I have a mac mini that I use for installations with live 11 which can't be upgraded to live 12 (stuck on mojave). I've just tested and patches I've created with live 12 / max 8 can be opened no problem with live 11 / max 8. I haven't updated live 12 to a version that is bundled with max 9 (and now I'm kind of glad); but if I did could I still open my patches?
Is there a way to link my ableton to a previous max version if not?
My last resort would be to simply work with live 11 on my modern mac and import the session directly to the mini. My initial idea was to work with live 12 then import evertyhing separately into a new session on live 11 (audio; midi; m4l patches); I'd just have to maybe tweak a few effects and that will be all.
Having to deal with this constantly is very tiring; my mac mini 2012 quad core is more than enough powerful for what I intend to do; yet I now have to jumps through so many hoops to be able to do so. The situation is probably way worse on mac than PC; as mac has a new OS version yearly and ditches less than 8/10 years old computers from upgrades without a second thought.
As of today the release version of Live 12 still ships with Max 8.6.5. I have no idea what kind of issues you'll run into developing on Live 12 and then trying to import to Live 11.
Opening patches created on Max 9 in older versions is not a problem, but of course if you're using Max 9 features in those patches they won't work in those older versions.
ok thanks. live has zero backward compatibility (even with x.x minor version) so I'll have to import everything but if I can transpose my m4l patches this should be fine. I've red in the live 12 release note that the newest was shipping with max 9.