With Library Manager, I’ve been moving the .vstsound files from the internal drive (M4 Mac) to an external Nvme drive (Samsung 990Pro). Most moves have gone well (e.g. Groove Agent’s files all went from the internal drive’s GA folder to the external drive’s Groove Agent folder as expected, and The Grand 3’s files all went from the internal drive’s EDM Toolbox folder to the external drive’s EDM Toolbox folder, etc.).
However, I’ve met a problem with Halion Sonic Factory Content because there are two addresses in the Library Manager folder (revealed under Details button).
About two-thirds of the files have ‘…/Sound Library/EDM Toolbox/…’ and the other third have ‘…/Sound Library/Halion Sonic/…’. There are lots and lots and lots of files.
How can I move each address to the specific location on the external drive (all the internal ones from EDM to the external EDM folder, and all the Halion Sonic ones to the external Halion Sonic folder?
Using the Library Manager to directly move one or two Libraries works fine. But for more than that it gets cumbersome.
For bulk moves it is easier to just copy all your .vstsound files to their new location using your OS. Then double+click on any .vstsound file. This will launch the Library Manager and it will register all the .vstsound files it finds in that location plus any sub-folders.
Thanks raino. When looking for where the .vstsound files are located on the internal drive, I find lots of alias files in ‘Library/… Steinberg/Content’. Searching online, I read that these alias files can sometimes confuse Cubase.
Sorry for my ignorance, but is it OK to delete these these alias files?
A bunch of versions back Cubase wanted to find the VST sound files in a specific location. So folks would use aliases to point to where the actual files have been moved. It should be fine to delete them. But I tend to be cautious & recommend renaming and/or moving the folder storing the aliases to a different location. That way if something crops up (it likely won’t) you can easily revert to the previous environment. Then once you are sure everything is OK, delete it.
EDIT
This is based on using Cubase on a PC. I expect it is the same on a Mac, if not could some Mac users clarify any differences.