The Download Assistant keeps prompting me to update this sound bank, but after installation, it shows in HALion Sonic that a license is required to use it. Why is it asking me to update a sound bank that needs a license? Is this [屏幕截图 2026-08-08 170350] a bug in the Download Assistant

Never before, it’s not HALion Sonic that requires a license, but this VST sound requires a license

Yesterday I got the same message: Install Missing VST sounds… But it showed over 10 GB… Hmmm?

[image] Carvin_Man: Yesterday I got the same message: Install Missing VST sounds… But it showed over 10 GB Mine was over 26 GB. I only went into Download Assistant due to a warning I was getting on loading Dorico 6 that said something about needing to install (or update?) HALion Sonic 7 (may…

Anyone found an answer or logic to this?

Just now doing some searching, I came across a thread in the Dorico forums that started last year with a similar problem, though there are some add-ons from the current situation: [image] Install Missing VST Sounds? Dorico I opened up the steinberg download as…

[image] rickpaul: someone gives a list of what they found on their system late in the thread Just to expand on this a little, because my results were different than the list the user gave in that thread: His list included Aura, Beat Box, HALiotron, Model C, Trium, Voltage, and World Percussi…

There’s this: [image] HS 2 Combis Update HALion Hi Guys, The update is not only for the HS2 Combies, but also for the HALion Factory content. Unfortunately, we had to update quite a few containers and endes up at around 10GB. Cheers, Jan

Wondering about this too… Any information?

This should have been under Dorico, so I’m deleting my posts here. Sorry for any confusion but it sounds like Cubase has this too…

I did also receive an update with that size but no unlicensed stuff on my end.

VST Sound updates in HALion Sonic

Cubase

Googly_Croft August 9, 2026, 10:49pm 9

There’s this: