I’m fairly new to Cubase and HALion. I have purchased Etude Piano and Electric Bass from the Steinberg shop.
The licenses activated without issues, the downloads completed successfully (I’ve reinstalled them a couple of times), and both libraries appear correctly in Steinberg Library Manager with no errors. However, the presets are not showing up in HALion Sonic 7’s MediaBay or preset browser when I load HALion Sonic SE (or HALion) inside Cubase 15.
Here’s what I’ve already checked/troubleshooted:
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Activation Manager: Both licenses show as fully activated.
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Steinberg Library Manager: Libraries are listed as installed with no errors.
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File locations (macOS):
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/Library/Application Support/Steinberg/Content/HALion/VST Sound/OSX/Electric Bass
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/Library/Application Support/Steinberg/Content/HALion/VST Sound/OSX/Etude
When I double-click any .vstsound file inside these folders, a pop-up message says they are already activated/registered.
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I’ve fully rescanned plugins in Cubase (Studio > VST Plug-in Manager > Rescan All).
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I’ve restarted Cubase, rebooted the MacBook, and even tried opening HALion Sonic 7 standalone.
I see no reason why they shouldn’t work. Despite all of the above, when I add an Instrument Track with HALion Sonic SE (or HALion), search for “Etude” or “Electric Bass” in the preset browser/MediaBay, nothing appears.
Has anyone else run into this problem?
Any additional steps I should try?
I’m on an M4 Mac running Tahoe with Cubase 15 and Dorico 6.2.
Thanks in advance for any help!