So, there is a Groove Agent SE 5.0.50 update as well and the version history (incorrectly labled btw as 5.0.30) says, there is now a standalone application for SE too.
Where is it then? I used Steinberg’s Download Assistant and also downloaded the EXE itself from the web download area. Run through and there is no standalone version. Also does the installation not ask for AAX/AU format to be installed. So something went wrong I guess. Groove Agent 5 SE shows in the About information that I have 5.0.50 installed. Please check.:
From the PDF:
Groove Agent (SE) 5.0.50
The following lists all improvements in Groove Agent (SE) 5.0.30
ID # Issue
Feature Groove Agent SE 5 now provides standalone application
Feature Groove Agent SE 5 now provides AAX and AU support
General Performance improvements on macOS BigSur
GA-5027 Fixed crash under Cubase and macOS BigSur
GA-4986 Fixed AU validation crash
GA-5010 Fixed crash on starting playback after a longer pause
GA-5030 Fixed overlapping text when editing renaming kits
GA-5042 Fixed overlapping text in “Missing Samples” dialog
I don’t know about SE. But installing the full version does both the VSTi and standalone versions all in one go, no separate installation for the standalone. I’d assume something similar happens for SE.
If that’s Steinberg’s new quality approach, well, then we may have to manually compile the code for Cubase 12 LOL
Thanks for the hint, but this can’t be the solution.
Really? Are you on a Win10 PC? It’s there, use it or not. However, if you’re waiting for Steinberg to plant it on your Desktop - before you will use it - well, OK, pull up a chair and wait.
Actually on my main Cubase system the installation dialog does not show anything in regards to AAX and GA5 SE Standalone. I was now updating my secondary Cubase PC and there the installation dialog showed the optional Standalone and AAX checkboxes. Need to verify on my main PC what’s missing there. As a note, I downloaded a “fresh” Groove Agent SE EXE , will try the same on the other PC asap.
The only way I could get Groove Agent SE standalone back was to uninstall Groove Agent using windows Add or Remove Programs in settings then reinstalling Groove Agent with the Steinberg Download Assistant, this placed a new shortcut on the desktop and all is well.
I had deleted the desktop shortcut (Windows 11) to Groove Agent SE and tried to get it back so I could run it standalone but could not find the .exe flie anywhere. I searched the entire C drive for the .exe file nothing found tried all the suggestions here with no luck. It wasn’t display in the Start Menu, just gone
Just to make it triple-clear, Steinberg Download Manager won’t install the standalone version. Kind of weird. The workaround I used, based on the answers in this thread:
In Steinberg Download Manager, reinstall Groove Agent 5. Once done, the option of “locate storage location” is enabled.
Select “show storage location”. That opens Windows Explorer and shows the installation program for Groove Agent 5.
Double-click to start it. The dialog ends with a message saying Groove Agent 5 is already installed (surprise!).
Select Install again. This will provide the option to select installation of the standalone app; see screen shot.
This more or less worked for me. I noticed when I located the installer package and reran the .exe, I was offered the option to modify the installation. I chose that and it then showed that the standalone is not switched on by default. So, if you install from the Download Assistant you don’t get the option to choose the standalone install. Changing that here in the .exe installed it for me. I also switched on the presets – why not?
