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X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
I had spent endless hours trying to resolve the issue of SessionDrummer not appearing in X3 studio. None of the advice I found here and elsewhere helped.
I then noticed in Sonar X3 > Edit > Preferences > File > VST Settings a checkbox captioned "Hide Related VST2 Plugins". The box seems checked by default.
I unchecked it and SessionDrummer appeared!?
I should emphasise that this is on a clean install of X3, i.e. no Cakewalk software had previously been installed on this Win8.1 OS.
My experience would therefore suggest that SessionDrummer is identified as a VST2 plugin.
It would have been nice if this was noticeably stated somewhere. It would certainly have saved a few hours I'm never going to get back.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone.
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scook
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 20:53:15
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GuiGuy
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 20:58:44
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Thanks, but as I wrote, I had exhausted all that and more. My post was to highlight the fix that worked for me and is not mentioned anywhere else AFAIK.
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scook
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:08:03
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I suspect it is not mentioned because the setting you changed is a VST3 migration setting. The VST3 migration settings affect how Cakewalk handles VST2 plug-ins when a VST3 plug-in replacement is available. Session Drummer is VST2 only.
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GuiGuy
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:09:07
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How can it be a "migration" when it is a clean install?
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scook
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:15:02
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Because the migration settings have nothing to do with installation but how SONAR migrates projects containing VST2 plug-ins to their VST3 counterparts.
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GuiGuy
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:16:47
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?? Now I am totally confused.
Anyway, it's working.
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scook
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:18:08
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GuiGuy
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:22:40
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OK, it says
Hide Related VST2 Plug-ins.
If you have both VST2 and VST3 versions of a plug-in, you can instruct SONAR to automatically hide any redundant VST2 plug-ins from SONAR’s plug-in menus.
I bought Sonar X3. How in the name of the gods am i expected to know that the bundled sessiondrummer is a "redundant VST2 plug-in"?
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scook
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:24:04
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It is not redundant. Session Drummer is a VST2 plug-in. There is no VST3 version.
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:43:17
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scook
It is not redundant. Session Drummer is a VST2 plug-in. There is no VST3 version.
Thanks. I understand that now. Nevertheless, and judging by the number of posts expressing frustration about SessionDrummer not working, maybe the default setting for " Hide Related VST2 Plug-ins" should be "unchecked". It would certainly save a lot of time. Cheers
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:49:34
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Have you tried enabling the option after seeing Session Drummer in plug-in list?
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GuiGuy
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 21:52:19
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scook
Have you tried enabling the option after seeing Session Drummer in plug-in list?
Yes. Gives the missing plugin message when I try to "Insert > Soft Synth > SessionDrummer.
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 22:00:45
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That is a first. I would try a VST reset.
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 22:02:22
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scook
That is a first. I would try a VST reset.
Can't hurt to do a VST reset and rescan, either.
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GuiGuy
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Re: X3 Studio SessionDrummer woes and fix
2015/08/03 22:11:00
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Anderton
Can't hurt to do a VST reset and rescan, either.
OK, got it. I didn't do a rescan when I responded to Scook previously. - did a rescan for failed plugins with "Hide Related VST2 Plug-ins" OFF,
- Turned "Hide Related VST2 Plug-ins" ON.
SessionDrummer now appears in the Soft Synth list. Thanks
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