scook
There is no authorization for Independence. It is locked to Samplitude.

Mesh

mettelus
If you already have sample libraries, the Independence download may be underwhelming to you. I have not drilled into it very deeply, but did not find things I didn't already have and I do not use Kontakt. Biggest downfall is that 70GB is an all-or-nothing thing, no ability to pick and choose.

Definitely download at night and go away from the computer. I found that just using the computer starts to throttle it (even with no other internet usage). It came up full throttle for me at 2AM EST, but before that was choked to around 200KB/sec.

Thanks mettelus. I haven't bought Samplitube yet (tomorrow), but was wondering about this huge library. I most likely won't install it.
 I'm planning on getting the DVD's when purchasing.....hopefully, that's still an available option for US customers.

Beagle

I bought Sam Suite last night and I tried to find a way to make the option of getting the DVDs available but it was not available to me.  I had to go with download only.

scook
Independence is installed from the Samplitude Help menu "Download Instrument & sounds"
Once installed, run Independence to get the option to install the 70GB library.

JohnoL
I just got melodyne 4 studio. Is using this with samplitude the same as with sonar? That is, in Sonar I didn't install the melodyne that came with sonar since the version I had was melodyne editor.

S.L.I.P.

ZincTrumpet
Ok I would like to download the Independence instrument set to my sample drive (plus I don't have 70Gb free on my C drive anyway).

Is there any way to tell Independence to download it to a specific location? I watched a Kraznet video but it only showed how to point Independence to a library once it had been downloaded.

Yes. I'm trying to think. The past few days are a blur with all of the downloads, but what I think I did was create a folder on my Samples drive. When I started Independence in Samplitude it asked if you wanted to download the samples. When I said, OK, I believe it gave me an option to point it to the folder I created on my Samples drive. 

mettelus

ZincTrumpet
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I downloaded first, then moved the entire Independence Libraries folder and made a junction with this:
 
mklink /j "C:\Program Files (x86)\MAGIX\Independence Libraries" "E:\MAGIX\Independence Libraries"
pause

You could make that junction before you start the download and the installer will be none the wiser.
C:\Program Files (x86)\MAGIX\Independence Libraries is the default install path and must not exist to make the junction.
E:\MAGIX\Independence Libraries is the path I used for the library (can choose whatever suits you) and just needs an empty directory there to make the junction
 
You can edit the bold text above as it suits you in notepad, save it, rename it from *.txt to *.bat, then right click and run as administrator.

bwbalint
There is perhaps a little less participation on the Samplitude forum. So here is a question:

In Independence how do I add one or more of the many sounds to the ‘My Favorites’ tab that you see in the browser ? I read through the manual, but I couldn’t find where this was mentioned.

I am sure more questions to come.

Thanks.