Do I get the full version of Halion 7 and Groove Agent 5 if I buy Absolute 6?

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I was not able to get a clear information on this. I am looking to purchase Absolute 6 if I buy it am I going to get a full version of Halion 7 and Groove Agent 5 with all the instruments and presets available as if I bought them separately?
Thank you

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Hi @jackthepilot,

first of all: Welcome to the forum!

yes, this is exactly what you’ll get, and even more (like Backbone, FM Lab, and a number of sub-instruments for HALion).

All in all, there’s around 135 GB of data to download and to register locally (via Steinberg Library Manager / SLM).

However, Absolute 6 doesn’t contain “all” of those separately available content packages for HALion 7 and GrooveAgent 5 from the Steinberg shop, only some of them are included (please see my Screenshot 02).

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Markus
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That’s really the best move to do


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Awesome, thank you for the info, I’ll be buying Absolute 6 then

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I know this is off topic
I just bought absolute 6
And installed the Ab5 and Ab6 collection s
However
I noticed things like 4knob pop ,upright,etc 

I would say about 20 different libraries and or instruments are still in the download assistant uninstalled.
Pardon my stupidity
But are they part of Ab5 andAb6 ?
And do they need to be installed separately?
As they didn’t seem to install with the Ab 5and 6 collections

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When you click on the Absolute icon on the left side of the download assistant, everything shown on the right side can be downloaded.

I guess it’s broken up individually because there’s so many different things,
which amount to a total huge download.

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No. You only have access to content from Absolute 5 or 6 (depending on which version you have). When you click on the Absolute icon, all the content you can install will appear in the right section. Click the ‘All Installed’ button to install everything, or install each item individually. It’s up to you.

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Hi Sean / @sean_obrien ,

as @Rene_L correctly says, Steinberg’s Absolute Collection doesn’t contain every VST instrument (or sub-instrument) made by Steinberg.
Absolute Coll. 6 contains everything from Absolute Coll. 5, and adds some new items.

It’s just a pretty big and diverse collection of very useful sampled instruments, from older to more recent, it includes various synth sub-interfaces (named “Macro” in HALion 7), as well as many patches, also whole drum kits, many sequences and patterns for GrooveAgent, some packs for the granular synthesis engine of Padshop 2, etc.

If you (patiently) download everything that the Absolute 6 package contains in Steinberg Download Assistant (“SDA”), and then either choose “INSTALL”, or manually open the download folder, put all *.VSTSOUND files in one target folder and double click on just one of the *.VSTSOUND files, then all contents will be registered with the immediately opening Steinberg Library Manager (“SLM”).

However, if you choose “INSTALL” (within Download Assistant), then you should make sure that there are at least ca. 130 GB of free space on your system partition (in Windows), since this is the partition where the default folder for all Steinberg VSTSOUND content resides ( C:\ProgramData\Steinberg\Content )

Later on and via Library Manager, you can move all large content files to another partition or harddisc / ssd. Or you can move them manually via the file explorer and then double click any file and choose “Register in Place”.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Markus

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