I just reinstalled Cakewalk's Session Drummer 2 Hip Hop Pack.  The install has no custom configuration options; it's all automatic.  My VST plugins folder is in the "root" Programs folder, not in the Cakewalk sub-folder.  Sonar knows this as its where my Global setting is for VST plugins, too.  The Session Drummer 2 & 3 folders are there with the .dll files and all content as subfolders, including the Hip-Hop Pack programs and, I believe, other content.
 
HOWEVER, this expansion install pack MUST use the Cakewalk default VST folder of "C:\Programs\Cakewalk\VSTplugins" internally to look for content.  I don't have that folder on my drive.  When I select one of the Hip Hop programs to load I get the "can't find the ...[name every .wav file it's looking for to make up the kit]" message.  The message shows the default "C:Programs\Cakewalk\VSTplugins" folder as the path it's looking to.  I want to tell it where to look to find the content but can't.
 
I've done several registry searches using all the search words I can think of to find the folder setting Session Drummer looks in for content but have found nothing that works.  I found another thread on a similar topic with some advice I hoped would work but it didn't (just in case someone knows that thread, my registry search found NO "filecach.lst" results).
 
Does anyone know how to tell Session Drummer where to find content and direct it to the right place?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Richard

I just reinstalled Cakewalk's Session Drummer 2 Hip Hop Pack. The install has no custom configuration options; it's all automatic. My VST plugins folder is in the "root" Programs folder, not in the Cakewalk sub-folder. Sonar knows this as its where my Global setting is for VST plugins, too. The Session Drummer 2 & 3 folders are there with the .dll files and all content as subfolders, including the Hip-Hop Pack programs and, I believe, other content. HOWEVER, this expansion install pack MUST use the Cakewalk default VST folder of "C:\Programs\Cakewalk\VSTplugins" internally to look for content. I don't have that folder on my drive. When I select one of the Hip Hop programs to load I get the "can't find the ...[name every .wav file it's looking for to make up the kit]" message. The message shows the default "C:Programs\Cakewalk\VSTplugins" folder as the path it's looking to. I want to tell it where to look to find the content but can't. I've done several registry searches using all the search words I can think of to find the folder setting Session Drummer looks in for content but have found nothing that works. I found another thread on a similar topic with some advice I hoped would work but it didn't (just in case someone knows that thread, my registry search found NO "filecach.lst" results). Does anyone know how to tell Session Drummer where to find content and direct it to the right place? Thanks in advance. Richard

 
Spelling correction:  "filecache.lst" for above. 

Session Drummer is one of those VSTi's that you should NOT muck around with the default installation directories...Believe it or not, there is a rhyme & reason for how they're structured but I don't feel like typing out 10 pages to explain it...

Actually, I didn't muck around with the default installation directories, at least not yet, though that caution is worth noting.  Session Drummer works fine with everything EXCEPT the Hip Hop Expansion pack which allows no customization of its install parameters.  AND it installed the files in the correct, per my Sonar Global Setting, VST folder.  If I load a Hip Hop Expansion pack program it just won't load the kits properly as it looks in the "C:Program Files\Cakewalk\VSTplugins" folder - which doesn't exist on my drive.

Are you running 32-bit, 64-bit or both?

32 bit.  And what I would REALLY like is to use the expansion pack in Session DRummer 3.  But one bridge at a time.

rlh1007@msn.com


Actually, I didn't muck around with the default installation directories, at least not yet, though that caution is worth noting.  Session Drummer works fine with everything EXCEPT the Hip Hop Expansion pack which allows no customization of its install parameters.  AND it installed the files in the correct, per my Sonar Global Setting, VST folder.  If I load a Hip Hop Expansion pack program it just won't load the kits properly as it looks in the "C:Program Files\Cakewalk\VSTplugins" folder - which doesn't exist on my drive.

It should exist unless you did something really screwy when you were initially installing SONAR...

Also:  Windows XP, Jim Roseberry DAW.

One bridge at a time...

Is your OS 64-bit or 32-bit (and what OS is it)?

My Sonar install asked me where I want to install VST's, if I remember correctly; nothing screwy needed.  Every other VST works fine, including Session Drummer, EXCEPT for this expansion pack which has an automatic install only and installs in the correct Session Drummer 2 folder.