Convert 1.5 Sessions to 3.0

I have a large number of 1.5 sessions I'd like to convert to 3.0. While they open fine they sound very different due to the way the original effects were mixed. In 1.5 the track effects were used in parallel and 3.0 seems to place all effects in series. On vocals with compression and reverb this results in very different levels. Is there a way around this or does everything need to be re-mixed with the effects in series?

Thanks.

Funny but I just posted about this.  Bottom line: if precision is important to you, either stay in AA1.5 or do the mix from scratch in AA3.  For all intents and purposes they are different programs, and far more than the way the series/parallel effects work is at stake.  Effects with the same settings end up not sounding the same between the two versions.  That's my 2c.  Sorry it's not so easy.

Funny but I just posted about this.  Bottom line: if precision is important to you, either stay in AA1.5 or do the mix from scratch in AA3.  For all intents and purposes they are different programs, and far more than the way the series/parallel effects work is at stake.  Effects with the same settings end up not sounding the same between the two versions.  That's my 2c.  Sorry it's not so easy.

Sorry I missed your post. Thanks for the advice. It seems to me that there should have been more thought given to making  3.0 backward compatible with older sessions, if for no other reason than it would have kept users with Adobe. If you have to re-mix everything anyway it might be time to consider a different DAW but for now I'll keep 1.5 for the old stuff, 3.0 for the new.

G.

Thanks for the reply.  Definitely not friendly of Adobe towards long-term users.  But at least the product continued to develop...  AA3 is overall the best release yet.  So long as we consider 1.5/3 oil and water not to be mixed.

Unfortunately as a developer there comes times when you reach a point where you either move forward and jetison the past or you stay locked in to never ending support for old methods/tools.

Sometimes things just do not transfer into a new environment because of technical or sonic reasons - and if it can't be made to happen 100% exactly then near enough is the same as don't bother - the results are the same.

FWIW It is always good advice to, where possible, finish mixing jobs in the daw that you started - then change to your new daw