Hello Ken,
Thanks very much for the interest in upgrading to v6.
mrkniz wrote:1) Can I uninstall V5, and just install V6 without upgrading from either V4 or V5?
Yes. (As for any previous version), the Hauptwerk v6 installer will upgrade an existing Hauptwerk installation if one is present on the computer you run it on, otherwise it will perform a new/clean installation. Hence you don't need to have an existing Hauptwerk installation on the computer, and/or you can uninstall any one that is present first if you prefer.
mrkniz wrote:2) Must I in some way have to surrender V5?
If you buy a Hauptwerk v5->v6 Advanced Edition Perpetual licence upgrade, then yes -- within iLok License Manager you need to surrender your v5 licence (which exchanges it for a v6 licence). (If that wasn't the case, then a user would end with both a full v5 licence and a separate/independent full v6 licence, and he/she could resell one of them illicitly whilst keeping the other, or use them simultaneously on two computers without having paid for the second full licence.) However, there should be no reason that you would need to keep the v5 licence, since v6 has no disadvantages (or known bugs, and it's well-proven) compared to v5, and v6 is fully compatible with all sample sets, hardware, and platforms, that were compatible with v5.
[If you do specifically want to be able to keep a full licence for v5, whilst having another full (v6) licence, e.g. in order to be able to use them both simultaneously on two computers, then you'd need to buy a full new v6 licence (instead of a v5->v6 upgrade).]
Note also that if you buy a Hauptwerk v5->v6 Advanced Edition Perpetual licence upgrade then you don't need to have Hauptwerk v5 installed; you just need to have activated the v5 licence within iLok License Manager, so that you can then surrender (exchange) it for the v6 licence within iLok License Manager.
mrkniz wrote:with V4 I still had the original DVD and Dongle. What do I do?
When you upgrade to v5+ (e.g. with a clean installation of v6), you will need to use the '
File | Initiate migration of Hauptwerk pre-v5 sample set licenses to this version' menu function within Hauptwerk (v5+) to migrate your v4 licences to v5+. Once that function has been used (and the resulting file submitted via the website form), your v4 dongle will no longer be usable, but all of your previous sample set licences will be deposited automatically into your iLok account, so that you can use them in v5+. E.g. this post covers it:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17833#p134372 . (I understand that since October there might be a $30 fee for migrating v4 licences:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19044 .)
I hope that helps, and thanks again.
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.