"Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments

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2016/03/20 22:17:32 (permalink)

"Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments

Trying to get Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 to recognize Kontakt 5. Apparently I need to use "Edit>Preferences", but that menu choice does not appear. Frustrating.
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    John
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    Re: "Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments 2016/03/20 22:22:25 (permalink)
    No its options in 8.5. 

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    Re: "Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments 2016/03/21 16:13:05 (permalink)
    Thanks for your (very prompt) reply. I have now found the dialog box where you can tell Sonar where to look for VST plugins.
     
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    After several tries I can't seem to get it to recognize Kontakt (and the rest of the plugins that came with Komplete 10). The problem is most likely that I have not yet pointed Sonar to the proper folder. But the three I tried sure seemed like good candidates. I assume I'm looking for the plugins themselves, not the thousands of individual samples. Can I assume that I don't need to drill down all the way to the lowest level of subfolder?
     
    I'm at work now but I may give it another shot tonight.
     
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    Re: "Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments 2016/03/21 16:27:34 (permalink)
    Pointing at the parent folder will cover the sub-folders within it.
    Do a search for Kontakt*.dll on your computer and you'll find what folder that they're in...


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    Re: "Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments 2016/03/21 19:10:03 (permalink)
    gdguarino
    Thanks for your (very prompt) reply. I have now found the dialog box where you can tell Sonar where to look for VST plugins.
     
    But ...
     
    After several tries I can't seem to get it to recognize Kontakt (and the rest of the plugins that came with Komplete 10). The problem is most likely that I have not yet pointed Sonar to the proper folder. But the three I tried sure seemed like good candidates. I assume I'm looking for the plugins themselves, not the thousands of individual samples. Can I assume that I don't need to drill down all the way to the lowest level of subfolder?
     
    I'm at work now but I may give it another shot tonight.
     
    Greg


    Some plugins in 8.5 couldn't be in a subfolder. This was a limitation of Sonar 8.5. They needed to be in the VST root folder. 

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    Re: "Edit>Preferences" does not exist. Can't install VST instruments 2016/03/22 14:34:32 (permalink)
    And be sure you're pointing to the Kontakt plugin itself, aka, the *.dll that Bob referred to, and not the Kontakt instruments.  Those are what you load once Kontakt is instantiated in SONAR. 
     

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