Maybe a silly question, but I'm always a little hesitant to upgrade to newer versions of plug-ins that work perfectly, in fear that the newer one will give me problems. Given that multiple groups release the same versions, is there a way to tell which one you have installed? Thanks.

 

Usually you can, with some information. These easiest way is to click the help button, or other way to get the splash screen to display. Many of them will show the team name, if it did not come with a keygen. If it did, then you can look up the version and see which had a keygen.

 

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

 

That's usually my motto, but it's been years since I installed this particular set of plug-ins and a lot has been added.

 

Last edited: Jun 23, 2025

Are you suggesting someone reading a change log before blindly installing new software?

The worst case is when the developer/manufacturer break the stuff themselves. Ala Native Instruments.

 

It's only group, but if you look in add/remove programs, you can see V.R as manufacturer for any of their releases (you can search V.R, for example).

Personally though, I tend to hang on to everthing on a drive for all these downloads... at least the versions I have installed, and maybe a version or two before for stability. And I tend to aim for R2R first and foremost. I don't download the same version by different groups, so it makes it easy if you know the version.

That maybe could work for you go forward, or you could set up some sort of spreadsheet to track things if you dont want to store stuff (outside of advice @clone gave).

In general, I kinda go with what @bluerover and @clone said... a combo of "if it ain't broke, dont fix it" and checking changelogs.. for example if Arturia drops a new version of V Collection, I'll install all the time if a new instrument is added, but I might not care so much if they don't.