OK, I’m having horrendous problems with hs2 not being able to find factory contetn samples. I purchased halion sonic 2 over the weekend (although I couldnt gt a demo license to work–I had another support request in for that). The program has installed, but about 1/3 of the Halion factory content can t be read. For some files, I get error measages saying the file cannot be found with an optin for me to locate it. I point right to the file, which is clearly installed at C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Content\HALion\VST sound,
and the program still refuses to recognize it. For other sounds, I get a file not found error when trying to load them but no warning about missing files. For others, there is no warning or error message, just no sound when I load the patch. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled more times than I could count today. I ve run repair options from both the HalionSonic2 64bit icon, the HALionSonic_2_Content and the HALionSonic_Content icons. The later two were in the download subfolder
HALion_Sonic_2_Trial_1\HALion Sonic 2 for Windows\Additional Content\VST Sound
Before this, I had needed to move the VSTsound files from part two of the download subfolder
HALion_Sonic_2_Trial_2\HALion Sonic 2 for Windows\Additional Content\VST Sound
to the corrspodning folder in the unzipped part 1 of the download. WIthout doing this the installation program simply told me that I was missing the contents from part two of the download and refused to continue installing. (There was no indication that these two downloads were supposed to unpack into the same overall folder and no automatic linking from one download to the other for installation.)
Earlier today, I just couldn’t get the cellos, acoustic basses, clavinets, flugelhors, french horns, dx, cp70 and cp80 pianos and chromatic percussion to load. Now, after uninstalling and reinstalling again I also cannot get the Rhodes and Wurlitzer pianos to work either. (THere are also a few others, but these are the broad classes that come to mind.) Other presets from the same library load and play properly.
Oh, after the first install, I also could not get most of the acoustic guitars to work. However, this problem mysteriously repaired itself during one of my reinstall or repair program procedures.
I’ve tried setting up the program during install to be available to all users or just to me. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled both ways. At one point, a copy of the content was also deposited at C:\ProgramData\Steinberg\Content\Halion\VST Sound
I’ve tried having all of the content at one place or another or at both. I’ve tried pointing to the supposedly missing files at both loctions, with no success. I am really hoping someone can help with this. I’ve sent nearly this exact same message to steinberg tech support, but I’ve read disconcerting stories here on the forum of others having similar trupble in the past and not getting any help from them–so thought I’d try to cover my bases.
