I've been fighting a frustrating battle, lately, with audio plug-ins facing end of life issues. I'm running Logic Pro X on a MacBook Pro, and the new OS, High Sierra, has seemingly killed a distortion plug-in I used frequently, Camel Crusher. It's eye opening to see how when a tool is no longer in your tool box, and you are re-visiting old projects that used that tool, it seems hopeless sometimes to search to find a replacement that tricks your brain into saying "it's okay, that is so close that I can't even tell the difference."
So far I haven't had any luck finding that replacement. What makes this story even more bizarre is the rumor that Apple bought the company that developed Camel Crusher, and then seemingly killed it. Why Apple? Why?
Another battle is getting current (64 bit) versions of plug-ins that I only have 32 bit versions of. There is a "revival" program called 32 Lives that I've been putting to good use allowing me to use those old 32 bit plug-ins, but the writing is on the wall, upgrade or lose use of them in the future.
To that end, I signed up with the Slate Digital Everything Bundle, which is a subscription based system, which pretty much guarantees that my plug-ins will remain current for as long as I am subscribed.
The one thing I can't figure out is, however, what people are doing to secure their digital audio projects? How do you future proof your projects? Do you finish the project, make a final mix and say to yourself, "I'll never revisit that again, so if the audio plug-ins I used to create it become obsolete, so be it!"
I can't seem to do that. Yet.