I've installed ST3 up to the update.
 
Now I want to import all my ST3 (and variants, Miro, Sonik, Moog etc). MIro, Sonik, Moog & Tron (the IK stuff) is in separate folders so that part is cool. I think.
 
I read somewhere I'm not supposed to import ST2.5XL libraries. But, but but, I installed all my additional libraries in the ST2 samples folder and now I'm not 100 sure which is not ST2.5XL other than some obvious folder names.
 
What's the best technique for importing all extras (non IK branded stuff) but ST2.5XL schtuff? Reinstall ST2.5XL and extras from scratch (while keeping extras in separate folder)?

I'm sorry to hear that you are experiencing problems with your Sample Tank 3 installation. This is not a common occurrence so I suggest you give the guys at tech support a shout. They should be able to get you running in short order. Enjoy ST3!
 
Hey, somebody had to say it.

bapu
I've installed ST3 up to the update.
 
Now I want to import all my ST3 (and variants, Miro, Sonik, Moog etc). MIro, Sonik, Moog & Tron (the IK stuff) is in separate folders so that part is cool. I think.
 
I read somewhere I'm not supposed to import ST2.5XL libraries. But, but but, I installed all my additional libraries in the ST2 samples folder and now I'm not 100 sure which is not ST2.5XL other than some obvious folder names.
 
What's the best technique for importing all extras (non IK branded stuff) but ST2.5XL schtuff? Reinstall ST2.5XL and extras from scratch (while keeping extras in separate folder)?

What are those extras? The Sonic Reality Expansion Tanks? Worst case if that's the case, you don't need to re-install 2.5. Just install those expansions anywhere you want and then import them from within ST3.
 
Incidentally, now that I'm done importing everything, ST3 works just fine (though a few expansions seems to be on the quiet side).

You don't have to import any SampleTank 2.5, it's all inST3. Best way is to build your folders the way you want them, then import one at a time. I had "Miroslav Outakes" so I just put them in Miroslav. I made XpansionTank Sounds and XpansionTank Grooves and the others like SampleTron. I had 6 separate folders. Just do one at a time. I f you get an error at the end of SonicSynth just ignore it. I reimported it a few times but got same message so I just clicked on escape or whatever the button said and it was there just missing 2 sound files. There is something about that on the IK site but I didn't care about 2 files. I figured I didn't need to hunt the Miroslav presets that are in ST3 and remove from Miroslav some may be there twice on my sample drive. Also it would be better to have a few folders than one big one. If you don't like what you have delete them, build how you want and import again. I would not build them on the drive they import to.

Rain

bapu
I've installed ST3 up to the update.
 
Now I want to import all my ST3 (and variants, Miro, Sonik, Moog etc). MIro, Sonik, Moog & Tron (the IK stuff) is in separate folders so that part is cool. I think.
 
I read somewhere I'm not supposed to import ST2.5XL libraries. But, but but, I installed all my additional libraries in the ST2 samples folder and now I'm not 100 sure which is not ST2.5XL other than some obvious folder names.
 
What's the best technique for importing all extras (non IK branded stuff) but ST2.5XL schtuff? Reinstall ST2.5XL and extras from scratch (while keeping extras in separate folder)?

What are those extras? The Sonic Reality Expansion Tanks? Worst case if that's the case, you don't need to re-install 2.5. Just install those expansions anywhere you want and then import them from within ST3.
 
Incidentally, now that I'm done importing everything, ST3 works just fine (though a few expansions seems to be on the quiet side).

Was The Oberhiem one of the quiet ones? It sure is on mine.

BassDaddy

Rain

bapu
I've installed ST3 up to the update.
 
Now I want to import all my ST3 (and variants, Miro, Sonik, Moog etc). MIro, Sonik, Moog & Tron (the IK stuff) is in separate folders so that part is cool. I think.
 
I read somewhere I'm not supposed to import ST2.5XL libraries. But, but but, I installed all my additional libraries in the ST2 samples folder and now I'm not 100 sure which is not ST2.5XL other than some obvious folder names.
 
What's the best technique for importing all extras (non IK branded stuff) but ST2.5XL schtuff? Reinstall ST2.5XL and extras from scratch (while keeping extras in separate folder)?

What are those extras? The Sonic Reality Expansion Tanks? Worst case if that's the case, you don't need to re-install 2.5. Just install those expansions anywhere you want and then import them from within ST3.
 
Incidentally, now that I'm done importing everything, ST3 works just fine (though a few expansions seems to be on the quiet side).

Was The Oberhiem one of the quiet ones? It sure is on mine.

Yep - that's the one I noticed.

I am interested in how your progress goes Bapu.  I just installed ST3 a couple of hours ago.  I tried to install the Sound Library Update 1.0, but get errors about tree structure.
 
I plan on importing SampleTron, SampleMoog and SonikSynth as well as those numerous other IKM sound libraries--loops.  I am taking this slowly.
 
So post any progress and trouble.  

bapu, when I get home I can look at my ST 2.5 installation and give you a list of what it includes. That way you can figure out what's what in yours.
 
As far as my experience with upgrading and importing, here's what I did:
 
- Installed ST3.
 
- Applied the sound library update 1.0. This gave me some grief. The first time I tried it I got an error that it couldn't create a folder. So I tried it again and got an error that it couldn't find the folders Marktree and Patterns. Apparently the updater deletes these two folders when it first starts, but since it had already deleted them the first time, it couldn't find them the second time. So I recreated the folders and tried again. Same thing: couldn't create a folder, then couldn't find the two deleted folders. So I ended up just manually copying the files from the update ZIP file on top of my existing installation and replaced any files when prompted. That seems to have worked.
 
- Imported legacy libraries:
  - Miroslav
  - SampleMoog
  - SampleTron
  - Sonik Synth 2. Before importing this I deleted the file 130BPM_ailing.sti as recommended on this page. It seems to have worked because I didn't get any errors during import like others have reported.
 
Upon listening to the imported libraries, it seems that many of the old presets don't translate very well into the new format. I checked out a random selection of patches. Several of them sounded just fine. But some of them sounded like they had an extreme amount of low-pass filtering applied that I couldn't figure out how to remove without actually turning off the low-pass filter entirely in the Edit page.
 
I also noticed that the behavior of Legato synth patches seems to have changed. It'a bit hard to describe but I'll try. For example, I was playing a particular synth patch (from Sonik Synth?) with legato voicing and with velocity mapped to amplitude and filter cutoff frequency. I would play the first note hard and hold, then play a second note softly and release, which would bring me back to the first note that I was still holding. In ST 2.5, the three notes sound: loud, soft, soft. In ST 3, they sound: loud, soft, loud.
 
It annoys me that many of the imported patches don't sound the same as they used to. Kind of undermines the purpose of updating to the new version, in my opinion.
 

Thanks for the help guys. I too will take this slowly.

Good info. I haven't install ST3 yet. So I am watching this one.