The flash drive IK gave me with the boxed version of Total Studio 3.5 MAX had a few .exe installers and that was it (i.e., the installation process seemed stupidly easy), but tons of files were corrupt and I haven't heard back from Support in a week. Now, I'm stuck doing the digital downloads, but having a hell of a time making sense of what I do and do not need to download.
1) Is there any way to remove older programs and sound content from the IK Product Manager? I think it's safe to assume that I no longer need AmpliTube 4, MODO Bass (confirmed that MODO Bass 2 CS, despite being the free version, still imports all of my MODO Bass content), and Syntronik. Same with the old Syntronik sound content; it's (almost) all accessible in the Syntronik 2 sound content download, anyway (see #4 for issues, though).
2) Do I need to download SampleTank 4 CS, SampleTank 4 SE, and "regular" SampleTank 4 if I already own SampleTank 4 MAX? Or are all of the CS/SE/regular files included in the single MAX download? Previous forum replies seem like the answer is "No", but Miroslav Philharmonik 2 threw me off (see #3).
3) I had the same question for Miroslav Philharmonik 2, but it appears that the SampleTank 4 MAX download includes a three-part download for Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE. So... I do need to install CS/SE/regular versions of everything? Or SampleTank 4 MAX just doesn't include the full version of Miroslav Philharmonik 2? Quite confusing.
4) The Syntronik 2 sound content file (54.8 GB) has 69 folders in it via IK Product Manager. The Syntronik 2 sound content download on the "My Products" web page has 77 folders. Why are 8 folders missing? I'm assuming I need these:
a) Synths - Memory V, Part 1
b) Synths - M-Poly, Part 1
c) Synth - SAM Bonus Sound Content
d) Synths - SH-V, Part 2
e) Synth - T-03, Part 3
f) Synth - T-03 Bonus Sound Content
g) Synths - VCF3
h) Synth 2 - Bully
I feel like I have to check the My Products web page for everything now :/
5) Since the Syntronik 2 sound content download appears to include the 22 (old) Syntronik versions of the synthesizers (minus the 8 missing items found on the My Products page), I assume these are still necessary. Does this confirm that I don't have to download Syntronik 2 CS, Syntronik Deluxe, or the 22 standalone versions via IK Product Manager? If so, more things I wish I could just remove.
I wanted to post the total file size of the parent folders alongside the file and folder count to help others ensure they downloaded all of Total Studio 3.5 MAX correctly, but I need to get there, first. Any assistance would be appreciated!
In your position, I would look at the instrument names in the MP2 CE sub-folder and see if they are all present in the MP2 sub-folder and the same size. Same for the sample files. If all look to be duplicates, I would then move the MP2 CE subfolders off to an archive disk. Then run the ST3 and MP2 programs and rebuild the cache database.
