Peter Bruck Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Hi All, they are both listed as installed in Win 10 Apps & Features, but I can't access the plugins. The CW Studio Instruments Suite and CW Theme Editor all work fine, as do all my other VST2, VST3, VSTi & DXi plugins that came bundled with Sonar 8.5 PE. Any ideas as to what I might be missing? I'm trying to insert Melodyne as an Audio FX and Drum Replacer through Region FX, but neither is showing. Please help! Cheers, Pete Edited May 7, 2020 by Peter Bruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecknot Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Hi Peter and welcome to the Cakewalk forums. Have you scanned your VSTs (with the proper file paths)? Kind regards, tecknot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bruck Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Hi Tecknot, thank you for the welcome and thank you for answering on my query! ? Apologies for my late reply, yes, I have, all my other VSTs are working fine. I would have thought that Melodyne and Drum Replacer would have been added automatically, but they just appear to be missing. I selected them in the Bandlab Assistant when I installed Cakewalk, and they appear as selected (greyed out, I presume since they are all installed) along with The Theme Editor and Studio Instruments (which do work). ?♂️ Best Regards, Pete Edited April 25, 2020 by Peter Bruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Try running a VST Reset from preferences with "Scan In Scanbox" and "Generate Scan Log" enabled. If the plug-ins fail to show up in Region FX after the reset, check the scan log for the DrumReplacer.vst3 and Melodyne.vst3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bruck Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Thanks Scook, I tried that, but still no luck, and nothing showing in the log. The weird thing is that in Settings / Apps / Apps and Features both Drum Replacer and Melodyne Runtime 4.1 (64) are listed as installed. Could I ask you to send me the path where both of those files are supposed to be located? Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\Internal\Drum Replacer\DrumReplacer.vst3 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Celemony\Melodyne\Melodyne.vst3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bruck Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Thanks again Scook, The Drum Replacer Directory is missing from my Internal folder and the Celemony Directory is missing from my VST3 folder. Having said that, I installed cakewalk to my D:\ drive as I was running out of space on my SSD. So now I have the main program installed under D:\Program Files\Cakewalk (without Shared Utilities), but C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\Internal also exists. Similarly, there is no D:\Program Files\Common Files, only C:\Program Files\Common Files. I'm sure that is where things have gone pear-shaped, I think Drum Replacer is looking for D:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\Internal and Celemony for D:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 I will create those paths and re-install both apps tomorrow. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, will keep you posted. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 The VST3 spec recommends VST3 plug-ins install in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 there is no provision for alternate locations. Most manufacturers do not provide the ability to install VST3 files outside of the specified folder. While DrumReplacer uses ARA tech and VST3 format, it is not a regular VST3 plug-in. FYI SONAR and CbB must be installed on the same drive. They share some registry entries, folders and utilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bruck Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Oh dear, this is fast getting over my pay grade! I uninstalled and re-installed Drum Replacer (it defaulted onto C:\). After the VST scan it is listed as excluded. Once I enabled it I tried to insert it into a project but got a fatal error. I've attached the scan log and error message screen grab. I have Sonar 8.5 PE installed on my D:\ as well. I've tried to google the error code but can't find anything that makes sense to me. I can't uninstall Melodyne as it's asking me to contact my admin (which I am!), but there is nowhere to run as admin to enter my credentials. ?♂️ Any ideas? VstScanSandbox.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 WRT DrumReplacer and Melodyne runtime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bruck Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 WRT Drum Replacer .... .... working perfectly, thank you so much for your help! ? WRT Melodyne, thank you for the link, "Some Guy's" solution worked and the installer runs, but there is no option to uninstall, only to install. I got Nitish Sharma's solution to work eventually but only after resetting the Admin password. Melodyne uninstalled (i.e. it is gone from my apps list), but in the Bandlab Assistant it is still ticked and greyed out, so now I can't re-install it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Having already purchased a license for Melodyne Studio I did not install the Melodyne bundled with CbB. I can tell you BA looks in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Installers to determine what products have been installed. My guess is it should be pretty easy to see which key holds the Melodyne install info. Delete the key and BA should think the product is not installed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bruck Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Genius!!! That did it, it installed perfectly now! Thank you so much again for your help! Edited April 28, 2020 by Peter Bruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 please edit the OP and update the subject line with [Solved] thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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