Not Enough Storage Space to Download SDX

[Nick Vargas]

I recently purchased the “Death & Darkness” SDX and am currently unable to download it because there’s not enough storage space on my computer (a MacBook Pro with 250 GB of total storage space and 95 GB of available space). I recently purchased an external hard drive with 2 TB of storage, but the Product Manager won’t allow me to set the installation path to download the SDX directly to the external drive.

1. Is it possible to download the SDX directly to an external hard drive, or does it need to be downloaded to my computer first and then transferred to the external drive?

2. Is it possible to download the “Death & Darkness” SDX in separate installments, like the Superior Drummer 3 Core Library?

If not, I’ll need to purchase a new computer with more storage space.

3. What kind of device is optimal for music production (e.g., do people usually use desktop computers instead of laptops)?

4. How much storage space and memory (RAM) will I need?

Apologies for the barrage of questions; I’m new to this technology and am trying to learn. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

Topic

[Brad]

Hi there,

You should be able to change the download path in Product Manager to an external drive and folder. Keep in mind that installer still needs to be run to extract the files to configure the SDX. That can be on the same drive and will actually run quite quickly, but must be in a different folder than the one you downloaded the installer and files to. Hope this makes sense.

I can’t remember whether Death and Darkness is 2 separate downloads

I have been running an i7 iMac with 32gb RAM 1TB internal SSD and 7 external SSDs. 5 x 1TB and 2 x .5TB, plus 10TB of spinning disks for backup. I have a lot of sample libraries. YMMV.

Mac Studio M1 Ultra, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 13.x-15.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Fender Studio Pro 8, Presonus Studio One Pro 7
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 5 years, 9 months ago by Brad.

1

Thanked by: Nick Vargas

[John]

Hi,

adding to Brad’s answers:

1. hit ‘Cmd’+’,’ or go to the ‘Toontrack Product Manager’ Menu to enter the PM Preferences and set your Downloads location.
2. MINIMAL INSTALLATION.
   “Close Mic Setup”
   This is a basic install of the library featuring all close, primary overhead and ambience microphones.
   Death: approx. 21 GB
   Darkness: approx. 16 GB

   PARTIAL INSTALLATION.
   “Default Mic Setup”
   This is a partial install of the library featuring all close, primary overhead, ambience and all room microphones. This is the minimum install for presets to sound as intended.
   Death: approx. 54 GB
   Darkness: approx. 49 GB

   FULL INSTALLATION.
   “Full Mic Setup”
   This is the full install of the library featuring all microphones and bleed.
   Death: approx. 114 GB
   Darkness: approx. 70 GB

3. These days, laptops can be more than adequate for most music related productions. Personally, I run Mac Pro’s @ work but those are studio rooms that are constantly running. For my home and portable work, I have been using MacBook Pro’s for a couple of years and the power available is fantastic. Of course there are PC laptops shining as well, just haven’t had the opportunity to work with one.
4. With a modern OS and RAM hungry VI’s like SD3, I would recommend 32GB RAM. When it comes to storage, you seems to never have enough but I have told myself I can’t use more than 4TB for VI sounds, if I Ould perform some housekeeping I would most likely settle for half of that.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

1

Thanked by: Nick Vargas

[Author]

Replies