HALion Sonic SE 3 free upgrade. Can't find new sounds.

Cubase
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I received an email from Steinberg last week entitled “Free downloads, updates and video tutorials” Towards the bottom, I noticed the free upgrade to HALion Sonic SE 3. I downloaded and installed it . Pretty cool. I noticed that the installer also installed about 900 mb of new content and I can see that they are installed on my system in VST Sound folder and appear as Anima, Skylab, Studio Strings, Hot Brass,Tonewheel… Pretty cool. But when I look for these in the new Halion Sonic SE 3, I just can’t seem to find them anywhere in order to give them a listen. Am I missing something here? I did do a custom install and de-selected AU and AAX as I only use VST. Also, there appears to be a new app called “HALion Library Insaller” in the Application folder of my Mac. Is there something I need to do with that? My Cubase version is 8.5 and my Mac OS is Sierra 10.12.4

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…and Cubase version is 8.5.30

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Doesn’t it say on the download page there are no sounds included with the free version?

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Hmm. That’s not what I’m seeing. It only says it’s a stripped down version. Steinberg includes a stripped down library as well. It appears as “Additional Content” The installer installed it. It’s only 816.1 MB. I believe they are meant to be teaser sounds of the full version.

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/landing_pages/halion_sonic_se_3/halion_sonic_se_free.html

This is where I downloaded from. Says no content included with free version.

But I did lose the email so maybe there is a different download page for Cubase users?

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Complete link… definitely says no content included with free version.

Regards :sunglasses:

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Thanks Prock. Haven’t mastered cut and paste on the phone yet!

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In the comparison chart they state indeed that there should be 1.360 presets if you have cubase 9.
The download should be 3 gig though.
So i guess they probably flagged them off in the installer because OP uses cubase 8.5.
I would do the upgrade to 9 since the instruments you mentioned are quite good.
Don’t forget to look in the user content too.
There are already a few instruments to download there too. :slight_smile:

kind regards,
R.

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OK it does say no content …must have missed that. The Tonewheel file takes up 462.8 MB of the additional content installed. The new interface is nice. I can get to my HSO library faster now. Trip too. l’ll will be upgrading to Pro 9 in June. Thanks man. Cheers to all.