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    J
    J

    Hi All,

    My external Drive (where I stored all my VSL sample libraries) recently died on me.

    So, I bought 2 x Sandisc 64GB USB drives (these were the biggest I could find at the time) & redownloaded all my libraries onto these 2 drives (plugged into an external multiport USB adapter).

    My first problem was that only the samples of one of the two drives was showing in the Vienna Instruments Browser - I could not get the samples in the 2nd drive to show at all.

    So, I ejected the 2 drives & repeated the whole process - this time installing the libraries on the internal H.D. of my iMac:

    MacIntosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST

    Now, some of the libraries are showing up in the V.I. - but some are still not.

    I checked the Directory Manager & found that all my libraries were in red print!

    So I deleted & restored them, as per the VSL instructional video 'How To Use The Directory Manager (OS X)', but still no luck.

    I am at a loss as to what to do next to get all my sample libraries back up & loaded in the V.I. browser.

    I'd be really grateful for any helpful suggestions please.

    Many thanks.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi Jackmon, 

    I don´t think it´s a good idea to store your sample content in the plug-in section of your system drive. 

    => Please copy the content over to your additional drives. 

    => Then open the Directory Manager (find it in "Applications" (OS X) or "All Programs" (Win) => then "Vienna Instruments").

    => Remove all folders - then add all sample content again by drag and drop from your Finder/Explorer. 

    If that doesn´t help, I suspect that the external Multiport USB Adapter could be the culprit... Do you see both drives in your Finder window?

    If that´s not helping, please send a few screenshots to support@vsl.co.at, we´ll take a look. 

    Best, 
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • J
    J

    Hi Paul,

     

    Thank you so much for the reply.

     

    O.K. I copied the sample content on to a brand new Sandisc 128 GB USB Flash drive. 

     

    (I am using the libraries I downloaded to my Desktop area, then internal HD, a couple of days ago.

    I have used them several times over - is this O.K)?

     

    "Then open the Directory Manager... Remove all folders - then add all sample content again by drag and drop from your Finder/Explorer". 

     

    I wasn't quite sure what you meant by "Finder/Explorer" - I looked in Finder but couldn't find the samples, so I copied them over into the Directory Manager from the new Sandisc USB drive.

     

    Sorry - but still no result.

     

    "I suspect that the external Multiport USB Adapter could be the culprit".

     

    I removed the new Flash drive from the Multiport Adapter & plugged it into the iMac, to see if that was the cause of the problem - but, I'm afraid, still no change.

     

    (Have sent some screenshots).