External SSD Disk

[grobarmartin]

Hi, I’m looking for some manual for download SD3 sound bank to external SSD and path with SD3. Have you some recommendation for SSD? I will purchase it –  have you some experiences? Sorry for this questions if they are repeatedly – i tried to find topics on FAQ and on Forum, but I found only andwer to EZ Bass sound bank. I thing, it is the same, but for sure i put this topics. Thanks for help. (MacOS 11.0.1 Big Sur)

Martin from Czech republic

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[Unclebass]

I use a GTech G-Drive 2TB ext SSD to store all my sound libraries. Toontrack and SpitfireAudio. You can move all libraries you already have and relink the paths in your DAW or the PM. It will ask you to locate them when you try to load them.

Any future libraries should be downloaded directly to the SSD.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

• This post was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Unclebass.

[Brad]

First off, Product Manager, SD3 are not certified on Big Sur. So you may not be able to complete these tasks. I rolled my only Big Sur installation back to Mojave after finding very few things I needed were supported on it. YMMV.

So……. With Catalina, Mohave, etc… however, where you download the installation files is different from where you install them. So download the installers to where ever you want them to temporarily reside, that is something that is configured in Product Manager. Download Superior Drummer 3 Library Part 1. Run the installer (from Product Manager), it will give you the option to “Browse” to an alternate location to install the library, that’s where you navigate to your external drive. I use G-Tech, Samsung, Crucial and Angelbird. I’ve had them all for around 3-4 years, none of them have failed.

If you have already installed the Superior Drummer 3 sample library and you want to move it, shutdown PM and SD3. Find the folder; SL-SuperiorDrummer3 and move it to the new location (don’t touch anything else). Start SD3 (stand alone) go to Settings > Libraries/Paths open the hamburger menu at the end of SL-SuperiorDrummer3 and select “change path”, navigate to where you moved SL-SuperiorDrummer3. Should be good to go after that. PM will find the new path as well.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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)

• This post was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Brad.

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