REmatrix import IR is looking for audio files, not .rir files.

That's actually the file the IRs are "stored" in after you import the .wav files.

pencilartist
That directory doesn't exist. Ah, wait a sec. I have that Cakewalk directory on an external drive. Now I see the imports.
 
Crazy that the directions given send me to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Overloud\REmatrix Solo

That's the default location, it's not possible to anticipate all the custom places people put files. But you can use the info to search for where it is.

I just went through the same thing. It was only by luck that I remembered the "C:\Cakewalk Content" folder. It might have been mentioned in the command center when I downloaded everything (at about 300 baud over fiber), but it's not anywhere in any of the docs I found. There should be less mystery installing this kind of thing. Think of the non-technical musicians and Cake newbies...

Ah. Thanks. That must be where I had seen it. Unfortunately, it's not in the PDF that pops up automatically after the command center completes the upgrade. That PDF just talks about how to work around the lack of preset management, after the new samples have been imported. It overshadowed my glimpse of the other PDF.
 
I still feel that any upgrade should be completed without much, if any, user intervention. I realize that takes more SW development, but one relatively small SW project can save thousands of individual user frustrations. Some of us are entangled in a wide variety of sophisticated tools, and it gets very hard to remember all the app-specific details.

mudgel
There is also a PDF that downloads with the files. It s all explained very simply there even has pictures. I followed it step by step and had no problems. It was not a typical installation for Sonar components but the instructions took care of it.

The pdf called Welcome to the Sonar Braintree Release doesn't mention the directory while the pictures are showing you how to import the IR. In the chapter on Dan Gonzalez IR Impulses, it only says this:
 
"Navigate to the response you want to use, then double-click on it. After it’s loaded, you’ll see a confirmation screen."
 
After which it mentions the directory I have stated above, only to say that is where the data is stored. I mistook that for the place to search because it's the only directory mentioned in relation to this matter.