Large Sample Libary Minor Whinge

[Jez Corbett]

Currently on Disc 3 of Superior Drummer 2's 5 DVDs, after spending most of yesterday installing Komplete 5's TWELVE DVDs worth of stuff. This is really putting me off asking for any VSL stuff that I quite fancy

*sigh* there's got to be an easier, quicker way than this hasn't there? Anyone know what the transfer rate on Blu Ray discs is like?

[chris...]

Doesn't help first time, but when upgrading computer, I just transfer my big sound libraries with a simple hard disk copy. Much easier than feeding in DVDs etc.

In this situation, only the plugin itself gets installed / authorized using the orig media.

[Jez Corbett]

It's interesting you say that, as it made me think this might not actually be possible to do with Komplete - Komplete installs the software whilst installing the libraries in one process - unless Komplete detects if the audio is already there and doesn't bother copying it. Still, you'd have to switch DVDs all the time during installation.

[marsnic]

I've just installed Komplete too and initially put my libraries on the wrong partition in error during the set-up. I noticed having installed 2 of the libraries and cancelled the install (having noticed my c drive only having a couple of mbs left on it!). All of the plugs had installed at this point but not the libraries. I manually copied the files that had been installed to the correct partition and then manually copied the files in folders from the DVDs. Finally, I had to point the plugs to the moved files but these were straightforward config changes.

I do agree about the size of these libraries. Each time I load a new instrument now I have to consider a hard drive upgrade - I'm now having to consider replacing my laptop's 320Gb drive with a 500Gb drive and then contend with the potential joys of re-registration.

[chris...]

It's interesting you say that, as it made me think this might not actually be possible to do with Komplete

Done it with Komplete 4 a couple of times. At least in my (Mac) version, the installation of the huge libraries is a separate process, which I skip.

You need to be careful with paths etc.