Almost done, time for some fun, went smooth as a babies bum.
 
I don't think that all my expansion packs show up in CCC as shown in a pic above, I assume all Rapture and Dim Pro packs are supposed to show up ?

Doktor Avalanche
Next problem...
 
Still at "Installing Legacy Content Pack Vol 2" for 15 mins now...
 
It's probably still installing but how can I tell without any sort of progress bar just something that whirls around like a cylon helmet 

Anderton
You should be able to see a percentage readout of the installation process:
 

FYI Craig..
 
You get the download percentages fine.
You then get a progress bar for validating the downloaded file, and copying the files across.

Then all you get is "Installing [package name]" afterwards until it's done. There is no progress indicated at all at this stage. This is a design flaw that needs to be rectified.
 
I've managed to get it all installed now except Vol 2, I am patiently waiting again for this to complete with no idea of progress, at least the hard drive lights are mostly flashing this time so fingers crossed...

gustabo
If you moved it away from the default location, you'll probably have issues with all installers that install vst3's. AFAIK, that is the default location for windows 64bit according to the vst3 specs.

Anderton
Noel would have the definitive answer, but I think that is the "Steinberg really really really recommends this location very strongly" location and not part of the spec. I've noticed a lot more companies are deciding on using the Common Files for this kind of thing instead of the "C:\users\abusers\documents\things and stuff\roaming\stationary\in transit\hidden secret stuff" folder.

 
As I stated it totally ignored the custom VST3 path I set, here is a screenshot of it in the CCC.
 
At least I've finally got it installed...  but what a really horrible process it was. Onwards...


Thanks. 

FWIW I've installed plenty of programs over the years that will not even allow installation unless there was  folder named "Vstplugins." If there wasn't, they would create it. I consolidate all my plug-ins in one folder but its name is Vstplugins.
 

Doktor Avalanche
 
Then all you get is "Installing [package name]" afterwards until it's done. There is no progress indicated at all at this stage. This is a design flaw that needs to be rectified.
 

I don't think there is a design flaw. There are two progress bar screens, the first shows extraction progress...
 

 
Then after the extraction progress screen, there's another progress bar that shows each WAV file as it's being installed...
 

 
Right after the progress bar goes all the way to the right, installation is complete and you get the "click to continue."
 
I presume what happened is you clicked on the command center so the splash screen was pushed behind. If this happens in the future, note that when the splash screen is present, you'll see a second command center icon in the taskbar. Click on this one to bring the progress indicator screen to the front.
 

So within about 10 minutes I got this...
 
Load up "Majestic" in Digital Sound Factory Symphonic Strings HD. It works in Dim Pro but silence within Rap Pro. Other samples work (I haven't checked all of them yet of course)... Anybody experience the same?
 

 

well it was a whole heck of a lot longer than 12 minutes on my admittedly rather old and somewhat underpowered machine, but it did finish and does seem to work and most content is in place. The exception (well the one I've found so far) seems to be my Galbanum Piscis Rapture expansion which is listed but none of the programs make any sound. Not urgent for the moment, I can use them in Rapture, but I'd love to have them in Pro so as to consolidate, that being one of the points of all this.

Yes, there are progress bars and indications at every step of the way, they are just there, what can I say. As for the time to install, well it's nowhere near 3 hours, including downloading. I downloaded the files manually to my laptop, then transferred them to my PC, then placed them in the ccc's download folder, then installed one by one, not the 'install all' route, so after every individual item installed ccc went through it's checking for updates etc, so for 16 items that's an extra approx 15 minutes, and it was nowhere near 3 hours, lucky if it was an hour and a half from start to finish.
 
It runs like a dream, fast, beautiful, love it.
 
[edit] my samples are on a different drive also

Doktor Avalanche
So within about 10 minutes I got this...
 
Load up "Majestic" in Digital Sound Factory Symphonic Strings HD. It works in Dim Pro but silence within Rap Pro. Other samples work (I haven't checked all of them yet of course)... Anybody experience the same?

 
I haven't had chance to do a thorough check yet, but the Les Paul Gold Top pack samples don't appear to be there. It's obviously recognised them as they appear in the browser, but none of the individual programs is working:
 

 
They are still working perfectly if I open them in Dim Pro though.
 
I followed the automatic installation process with Rapture Pro, and I'll be honest with you, I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how to sort this out

Doktor AvalanchePlease understand it is very frustrating at my end that after having this dreadful experience that you are attempting to convince others that it is all my mistake or that this isn't an issue... it's sad.

 
I'm not doing that at all!!! I'm simply reporting my experience. There were progress bars and I took pictures of them. I'm sure you're not lying to me, and I have no doubt you experienced what you experienced. However that is not what I experienced, and the screen shots don't lie either.
 
Just to be clear I think you know what you're doing, you make lots of great comments, and contribute a lot to this forum. Hopefully by reading what follows you can understand why your initial posts had me "barking up the wrong tree" of progress bars.
 
The real problem in the communications is I didn't actually understand what your problem was. Your post #11 ("It's probably still installing but how can I tell without any sort of progress bar just something that whirls around like a cylon helmet") and again #19 ("impossible to tell if it's working or not... not much hard drive activity and the folders don't seem to be getting any larger, and no progress bar either - it's a guessing game..") referred to progress bars not being shown, so that's what I keyed in on and that was the problem I attempted to address. 
 
Either you did not post or I missed the crucial information quoted below. If I'd seen that, I would NOT have gone on the progress bar tangent.
 

1) The file is downloaded, we see a progress bar in CCC.
2) The file is validated, we see a progress bar.
3) We then see various files getting moved across and extracted, we see a progress bar.
4) After that it then it just stays at installing, where the progress bar is it flips from left to right like a cylon helmet, where the progress bar is, it's just an animation though, no indication of progress. In the case of volume 2 this happened for hours.
5) Eventually we get "Click to continue".
 
You just demonstrated steps 1 to 3 + 5. Not step 4.

 
Now I understand what  your problem was. But step 4 never happened to me so I wouldn't have known to look for it unless it was spelled out, like you just did.
 

I'm just saying what I am seeing, if you wish to tell me this is all my fault, or I'm just doing it wrong - it's sad.

 
PLEASE, I didn't say you did anything wrong. I didn't say you lied. I said "I don't think there's a design flaw" and "I presume it's because..." as in guess, but that guess was wrong because I didn't have all the data when I responded. I understand you've had a frustrating time, but if you read what I wrote without the overlay of frustration, I hope you'll realize I addressed a problem I thought you had rather than one you actually had. All I was trying to do was come up with an explanation for what I thought you experienced so if others encountered the same issue, they wouldn't have to go through the same frustration.
 
I also tested Expansion Pack 2 not to show you're "lying,"or to invalidate your experience, but to find out if it was reproducible. It wasn't, so unfortunately that greatly complicates finding a solution.
 
Oh well. I certainly don't mean to be critical of you at all, I just wanted to solve the problem I thought you had.

If anybody gets a chance could they check #39?
Looks like almost all the Digital Sound Factory Symphonic samples I have (given away free a while back) don't work.
Thanks..

And I suppose some of this could have been done by PM, but I think it's an excellent example of how misunderstandings can occur through no fault of either party - but simply because if you're writing something and don't know additional data is being presented, your answer is going to be totally out of context because the context changed while you were writing.
 

Some presets are not working.
To be clear all of my Cake Synths are in original defaults on the C:/ drive.
For the not working presets, I see the ELEMENTS are blank.
That being is: The multisamples ,SFZ, WAV, FLAC...whatever, needed to play the preset sounds are not filled in Rap Pro.
Perhaps I can bring up 'old Dim Pro' and try filling these myself by doing a file by file comparison and copy.
The Hollywood Edge FX is dead. I think I will use the USER directory of Rap Pro to see.............as a start.

Installing it now, I'll deliver my scathing review in a few hours. :p
 

Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere but how do we register it after dl and install ?  It shows a funky serial number that is NOT the serial number in CCC and at times runs in demo mode with audio gaps.
 
 
Thx in advance.,

Just looked at the documentation...
 

Demo mode
If you have not authorized Rapture Pro in the Cakewalk Store (or on Steam), Rapture Pro will function in Demo mode.

The following restrictions apply to Demo mode:

 Rapture Pro will randomly output silence at different intervals.
 Only a limited number of programs are installed.
 Rapture will reference the Dimension Pro and Rapture 1 multisample locations.
 The About Box shows “Demo” instead of your username and serial number (click the Rapture Pro logo in the top panel to open the About Box).

 
 
Maybe "click the Rapture Pro logo in the top panel to open the About Box" ?