Least ‘headached’ way of moving SDX libraries to another drive

[Chad Austin]

Running: SD2 & SD3 upgrade, as well multiple SDX libraries, producer presets…

I want to move all the samples to an external (Mac thunderbolt) drive.

The computer is a fully-loaded Mac Pro, and my DAW is Cubase 9.

I haven’t found any recent posts about this, so:

1. Is it simpler to uninstall everything ToonTrack and simply reinstall?
2. Will there be any install issues with SD 2 since it’s no longer sold and I’m running SD3 as an upgrade?
3. Will I lose my Producer presets for SD2?

Thanks in advance.

Chad Austin, Inc.
president
https://chadaustin.com
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Mac Pro || 2.7 GHz 12-core || 64 GB || 1TB SSD || Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 running dual Asus PA329 4k monitors
Cubase 9 || UA Apollo twin Thunderbolt || UAD-2 Thunderbolt Satellite || Steinberg CC121 Control Surface
SD 2 || SD 3 || Bob Rock SDX3 || SDX Allaire || SDX Avatar || Custom & Vintage || SDX Hit Factory || SDX Metal Machinery || SDX Music City

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[Miroslav]

Copy…Paste.
That’s about as easy as it gets.

Then you open SD2 and SD3 settings, and re-point/remap each SDX entry to the new location.

[Chad Austin]

Thanks Miroslavl.

But this brings me to the next question: which files do I copy?

I found all of my SL-“insert-SDX-name-here” folders here:
(path) Macintosh HD->Library->Application Support->Superior Drummer

So, would I simply copy-and-paste the entire (for example) SL-Allaire folder?

Or do I need to go into the SL-Allaire folder and copy the just the ‘Sounds’ folder?

Chad Austin, Inc.
president
https://chadaustin.com
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Mac Pro || 2.7 GHz 12-core || 64 GB || 1TB SSD || Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 running dual Asus PA329 4k monitors
Cubase 9 || UA Apollo twin Thunderbolt || UAD-2 Thunderbolt Satellite || Steinberg CC121 Control Surface
SD 2 || SD 3 || Bob Rock SDX3 || SDX Allaire || SDX Avatar || Custom & Vintage || SDX Hit Factory || SDX Metal Machinery || SDX Music City

[Scott Eshleman]

@Chad Austin said:
I found all of my SL-“insert-SDX-name-here” folders here:
(path) Macintosh HD->Library->Application Support->Superior Drummer
So, would I simply copy-and-paste the entire (for example) SL-Allaire folder? 

Yes. Correct.
Copy the entire SL-“insert-SDX-name-here” folder
and re-point/remap each SDX entry to the new location in the SD2 and SD3 library location settings.

[Chad Austin]

Thanks Scott E. I’ll give this a shot this coming weekend. You & Miroslavl saved my SSD from filling up!

Chad Austin, Inc.
president
https://chadaustin.com
____________________
Mac Pro || 2.7 GHz 12-core || 64 GB || 1TB SSD || Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 running dual Asus PA329 4k monitors
Cubase 9 || UA Apollo twin Thunderbolt || UAD-2 Thunderbolt Satellite || Steinberg CC121 Control Surface
SD 2 || SD 3 || Bob Rock SDX3 || SDX Allaire || SDX Avatar || Custom & Vintage || SDX Hit Factory || SDX Metal Machinery || SDX Music City

[Chad Austin]

This absolutely worked and rocked! All libraries relocated! Thanks guys!

Chad Austin, Inc.
president
https://chadaustin.com
____________________
Mac Pro || 2.7 GHz 12-core || 64 GB || 1TB SSD || Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 running dual Asus PA329 4k monitors
Cubase 9 || UA Apollo twin Thunderbolt || UAD-2 Thunderbolt Satellite || Steinberg CC121 Control Surface
SD 2 || SD 3 || Bob Rock SDX3 || SDX Allaire || SDX Avatar || Custom & Vintage || SDX Hit Factory || SDX Metal Machinery || SDX Music City

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