If I update a synth plugin, the project will probably not sound the same anymore. Maybe that synth had filters that were too dirty and they fixed it, but it turns out that using that dirty feature as a creative resource.
If they updated a compressor to improve the response means that the project will not sound the same anymore. Etc.
It's about making the project portable and salvageable in the future...
The cost of space doesn't matter now and never did.
There are projects that have great value and you want to keep.
The cost doesn't matter.
I'm not saying that you have to work like this... it's not the way to work. It's the way to "finish art" a project.
"Final art" includes the project, its dependencies and the final Master.
"Final art" projects are usually not saved in work folders, but in drives dedicated to storage.
In the old days, ZIPs, those huge diskettes. Then CDs, DVDs... until today, when the reduction in cost/gigabyte makes it worthwhile to buy (or rescue old ones that you no longer use) an external hard drive for these purposes.
Once you have a "finished art" project, there is no problem recovering it in the future or sharing it, no matter what computer it is. Because a finished art project is autonomous.
If I update a synth plugin, the project will probably not sound the same anymore. Maybe that synth had filters that were too dirty and they fixed it, but it turns out that using that dirty feature as a creative resource.
If they updated a compressor to improve the response means that the project will not sound the same anymore. Etc.
It's about making the project portable and salvageable in the future...
The cost of space doesn't matter now and never did.
There are projects that have great value and you want to keep.
The cost doesn't matter.
I'm not saying that you have to work like this... it's not the way to work. It's the way to "finish art" a project.
"Final art" includes the project, its dependencies and the final Master.
"Final art" projects are usually not saved in work folders, but in drives dedicated to storage.
In the old days, ZIPs, those huge diskettes. Then CDs, DVDs... until today, when the reduction in cost/gigabyte makes it worthwhile to buy (or rescue old ones that you no longer use) an external hard drive for these purposes.
Once you have a "finished art" project, there is no problem recovering it in the future or sharing it, no matter what computer it is. Because a finished art project is autonomous.