It seems that files saved with version 1.5.1 cannot be read with 1.0.8.
For example “ba.005.vital”
A simple fix is shown below.
Open the “.vital” file that cannot be read by Ver1.0.8 with a text editor.
Look at the end of the last sentence.
“version”:“1.5.1”}]},“synth_version”:“1.5.1”}
Since it is
“version”:“1.0.8”}]},“synth_version”:“1.0.8”}
You can read it with Ver1.0.8 just by changing to .
New versions of plugins usually bring new features and functions so new presets usually won’t load in older versions for good reasons.
I’d urge caution trying to force new presets to work in an old version. It’s possible they won’t sound as intended and there could be stability issues (a preset calling for a function that may not be present in the old version) and that applies to all plugins not just Vital.
(I’m not sure what feature and function changes were made in Vital between 1.0.8 and 1.5.1)