I spent two full days tearing my hair out trying to resolve this issue.
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1. Installed ModoDrum 1.5 and all kits using IK Product Manager to Default Locations.
13 Kits (.paks) were installed to:
Users/Shared/IK Multimedia/MODO DRUM/
2. Using the Mac Finder, I then moved the 13 add-on kits to their own folder inside the MODO DRUM folder, which I labelled “KITS”.
!! Only move the 13 add-on kits - leave the other .pak files where they are. !!
See below:
3. I then opened the Modo Drum Standalone app, which immediately gave me the floating window error saying something like:
“The factory kit and sounds have not been installed properly. Please download and install them with the IK Product Manager.”
(Sadly, I didn’t take a screenshot of this window - but if you’re reading this, I’m sure you’re familiar!)
There is no obvious way to close this window, and I normally just quit the app but this time I clicked around randomly and waited until the window disappeared.
(NOTE: All of the Kits in the the scrollbar had little “DOWNLOAD” icons in their top right corner - not visible in the screenshot below…)
4. Once the floating error window had disappeared, I then went to the settings cog:
5. And changed the Sound Content Folder by browsing to the “KITS” folder created in Step Two above:
Users/Shared/IK Multimedia/MODO DRUM/KITS/
6. I then closed that window. Miraculously, all of the kits now showed up as available and correctly installed. Everything functioned as normal.
When I quit and re-opened the App, the changes seemed to have “stuck”.
I opened my DAW (Logic) and the plugin was working perfectly too.
7. I hope this works for you. Please pass this info along in the forums you frequent. You could save a lot of time and frustration for those like me who have battled finding a solution for this.
8. Peace!
