FranklinI don’t have a fast internet connection on my home recording PC, so I downloaded the library installers at work and copied them to an USB 3.0 hard drive. What is the proper way to install from the external hard drive onto my home PC. My PC has a 500 GB solid state OS drive and a two TB samples storage drive. I opened the downloaded folder and right clicked on Installer.exe and ran as administrator from the external drive, but Windows said it may not have installed properly. I do have the drum sets loading and making sounds, just wondering if something may not have installed correctly, and will show up later once I know the software better.
What is the proper procedure for installing on a PC using a downloaded library installer package located on an external hard drive? Is there a way to point the Toontrack Product manager to the external drive instead of the downloads folder?
Thanks,
Frank
JohnHi,
if you can load all the SD3 library sounds/Presets without any errors or warnings and SD3 automatically finds your EZX:s and Toontrack MIDI, then I can’t see that it didn’t install correctly.
In the Toontrack Product Manager Preferences, you can set the location for Downloads. If you point this to an external drive, close the PM and copy your downloaded files to this folder, the PM should find them as downloaded files next time you open it.
BR,
John
John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor
Olof HermanssonIn the Toontrack Product Manager Preferences, you can set the location for Downloads. If you point this to an external drive, close the PM and copy your downloaded files to this folder, the PM should find them as downloaded files next time you open it.
Not exactly true – PM won’t automatically find the downloads if you do that. You don’t need to reopen PM, just set the download location to where the downloads are, click Download in PM and then it should find them and verify them. PM looks in the current download location when you try to start a download. When the downloads have been found (when the verification has started or finished), you can change back your download location without moving anything. PM will still remember that those particular downloads are on the external disk.
The installation log file can show what went wrong during the installation. It is located in %AppData%\Toontrack (paste that into the address field of an Explorer window) and is named SoundInstallerlog.log (for part 1 of the library). Installation of the other parts is logged to SoundUpdaterlog.log.
By “Windows said it may not have installed properly,” did you mean that the installer said that the installation has “finished with some errors”? Otherwise I’m not sure what kind of message that was.
Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder
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Thanked by: FranklinFranklinI did restart the Product Manager, with the location changed to the external drive, and it did not see the installer (Home recording machine is Win7). My work machine is Win10, and it did see the ones in Downloads and on the external drive after restarting, so maybe different machines different results.
I will check this tonight (6:00pm EST) and reply back. I will try the download option and I will also check the log. I bet a “re-download” will fix it.
Windows gave the message” This program may have not have installed correctly” after I manually ran the “Sound Installer.exe” under the Part 1 download folder. The Toontrack installer finished without errors. This is a standard Windows message that can occur with any installer from any program. It gives you an option to reinstall using recommended settings, which I did not select. This message can pop up when a program installs correctly, too.
Thanks all,
Frank
FranklinThe process of re-downloading worked (it verified) and it recognized my installers on the external drive. I still had to copy the 2.2 GB Updater file package from the external drive (with 23.7GB empty space) to my OS drive because it got stuck on the unzipping process during the Product Manager install. After copying the update package to the OS drive and running the verification again, I was able to install.
I’ve attached a text file of the original install of SD3 Part 1. I think it is fine, so I went ahead and installed the Update and MIDI. The one “error” in the log could have been because I created a folder called S:\Toontrack\Superior Drummer 3\ to install the library before I ran the installer.
Anyway all is working.
Thanks,
Frank
Olof HermanssonGood, yes, all looks okay in the log. The Windows error message can apparently be shown when you run an .exe file. I’m not sure why it was shown for the sound installer in this case, but it’s nothing to worry about.
Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder
anastasios ioannouNo you cannot Download to an external HD, so put your self together and give better advice, or NO advice at all.
BradNo you cannot Download to an external HD, so put your self together and give better advice, or NO advice at all.
Not sure why you would be responding to a 4 year old thread
Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
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Bear-Faced CowBradNight of the Living Threads
jord
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how’s the new rig Jord? You’re upgrading to Apple Silicon yes?
Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)
Bear-Faced CowThat thing is a beast of a laptop. I don’t think I can recall any point in my life where I have been able to take a complete project studio in a laptop bag.
I’ve taken all of December to redo the entire project studio. The M3 was just one part. My old computer is now a remote station in my recording area so that I can adjust my entire recording chain from there. I also mounted a monitor on the recording wall so that I can display the lyrics while I record. I am also going to be mounting a 4K display in the main area and my old HD monitor near my piano.
And if anyone wants to tell me that you can’t download or install anything on an external drive, I have a mirrored drive of my SDX’s (over 2TB of drums) in my laptop bag. I just keep my EZ stuff on the computer for instant inspiration.
I think you can tell I’m loving this.
jord
BradThat thing is a beast of a laptop. I don’t think I can recall any point in my life where I have been able to take a complete project studio in a laptop bag.
I’ve taken all of December to redo the entire project studio. The M3 was just one part. My old computer is now a remote station in my recording area so that I can adjust my entire recording chain from there. I also mounted a monitor on the recording wall so that I can display the lyrics while I record. I am also going to be mounting a 4K display in the main area and my old HD monitor near my piano.
And if anyone wants to tell me that you can’t download or install anything on an external drive, I have a mirrored drive of my SDX’s (over 2TB of drums) in my laptop bag. I just keep my EZ stuff on the computer for instant inspiration.
I think you can tell I’m loving this.
jord
Sounds like you’re having way too much fun! I have a little 2Tb m.2 drive stuck on the lid of a MacBook, they’re great. Essential SDXs and Windows VM run off it. Nice when technology lets us create flexible environments. Great that you repurposed your old host too!
Happy New Year Jord.
Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)
Bear-Faced CowIt’s definitely nice when everything is flexible. I won’t even stick a decal on my laptop. I’ll admit that I really like the finish on it. I have a couple of docks that I can hook the external drives when necessary.
When it comes to Apple, I think we both know the importance of having external drives, especially from an economic perspective. Considering that SD3 loads everything into RAM, a maxed out internal drive would be a financial waste.
Happy new year and I hope that 2024 brings you health and happiness.
jord
BradIt’s definitely nice when everything is flexible. I won’t even stick a decal on my laptop. I’ll admit that I really like the finish on it. I have a couple of docks that I can hook the external drives when necessary.
When it comes to Apple, I think we both know the importance of having external drives, especially from an economic perspective. Considering that SD3 loads everything into RAM, a maxed out internal drive would be a financial waste.
Happy new year and I hope that 2024 brings you health and happiness.
jord
Yeah, it’s like a new car. My macbook is a few years old so I’m over that new computer smell! 🙂
Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)
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