Thanks for all the comments. I thought I was alone. The IK installers are a mess as are the manuals. (Sorry, IK Obi)

When I opened Part 2 of the Instrument installer it wanted to extract the files again even though I already extracted them. I just copied the extracted files to the Instruments folder. The other installers in the other "parts" worked just fine. Very, very frustrating.

Also, every time I changed the Preferences folder to my "new" library my EX-25 stopped working.  I had to re-boot.

I THINK I've got this installed. Will I suffer the same pain when IK goes 64 bit?

Now to try my Waves install.

OK I am in the middle of installing Total Studio 3 bundle, too. I can open the various "engines" stand alone, though they are not found in Sonar's plug in manager. I cannot open the CSR stand alone nor find it with Sonar. I have yet to install the libraries, but might try that today.

As to the engines....Hopefully you put them in individual folders. In my example (above) I added this to my X2 64 bit scan:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Vstplugins\Miroslav

I re-scanned and was done.

The same is probably true of CSR but I'm not sure.

Good luck!
 
I've found it's easier to get those 32 bit engines into 64 SONAR by making sure you put each one in it's own folder or else you have to re-scan the entire 32 bit vst folder to see them plus you get all the other 32 bit stuff.
 
Someone else may have a better method.

pentimentosound


OK I am in the middle of installing Total Studio 3 bundle, too. I can open the various "engines" stand alone, though they are not found in Sonar's plug in manager. I cannot open the CSR stand alone nor find it with Sonar. I have yet to install the libraries, but might try that today.

I, too, bought the TS3 bundle....it was a steal...had to....but opened the box to find they 
had put the wrong Serial Number in the Box.  They gave me the Serial Number for the Total Workstation Bundle.
Called Sweetwater (just down the street from me) and they had it resolved in less then 12 hrs.

Check to see if you have an IKMultimedia folder under C:\Program Files (x86)

That is where your products will reside by default...

I never install to the default...I don't keep my instruments and samples on the C Drive...only the VST's

The Installer will ask you where you want to install them...and you can decide...


Once that's done....Start Sonar and then go to the Plugin Manager and add the appropriate path(s) to
the scan list and rescan..they should show up.

Cheers!

EDIT...OR just install the vst's to the Cakewalk\Vstplugins directory and they'll scan auto-magically!

Well, well, well...I had one more issue. I had no sound in X2. Wonderful. Seems somehow the Recording Playback Timing setting were blank. Great. Thankfully I was able to open X1 and compare settings.

Seems when I run Miroslav as a standalone it works fine. When I close it I get a no sound card message. Then, of course, no sound from anything. Settings look fine.

MrMook


Well, well, well...I had one more issue. I had no sound in X2. Wonderful. Seems somehow the Recording Playback Timing setting were blank. Great. Thankfully I was able to open X1 and compare settings.

Seems when I run Miroslav as a standalone it works fine. When I close it I get a no sound card message. Then, of course, no sound from anything. Settings look fine.

This is not uncommon...some software fail to release the Asio driver back to the system.  Consequently,
the next program will not be able to use it.

Do a Ctrl Alt Del and check the task manager to see if Miroslav is still listed after you close it.  If so, kill it.
If not, check to see if the Asio driver is still there...if so, kill it....and then run Sonar.

Some have even had to reboot due to this particular problem.

Hope that helps...

"If so, kill it."

Don't tempt me.

Seriously, thanks for the tip.

MrMook


"If so, kill it."

Don't tempt me.

Seriously, thanks for the tip.

I about busted a gut laughing so hard!  NICE!

I'm sorry its so confusing. It took me a bit at first as well, but after you move all of your IK libraries to 1 folder and direct SampleTank there it gets easier. If you are ever having issues our support is here to help.

Hi Obi! Thanks for the response. I really do appreciate your presence here to help sort these things out.