Studio Instruments Not Installed Correctly

[AnjeloC]

When I load any of the Studio Instruments, the VST's GUI appears along with a prompt: "SI-(Bass Guitar/Drum Kit/Electric Piano/String Section) is not properly installed. Please reinstall it using your original CD."

I click 'OK' and the GUI is still there and working, but with no sound, obviously.

I already looked through the installed folders (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cakewalk\Studio Instruments) and found all the Mulitsamples and Resources there. I presume it has something to do with the vst itself or SONAR having trouble locating these?

Is there a possible workaround or is reinstalling SONAR the only way to go?

I purchased SONAR Platinum 2017.

[GibsonPro-Audio]

AnjeloC eredeti hozzászólása:

When I load any of the Studio Instruments, the VST's GUI appears along with a prompt: "SI-(Bass Guitar/Drum Kit/Electric Piano/String Section) is not properly installed. Please reinstall it using your original CD."

I click 'OK' and the GUI is still there and working, but with no sound, obviously.

I already looked through the installed folders (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cakewalk\Studio Instruments) and found all the Mulitsamples and Resources there. I presume it has something to do with the vst itself or SONAR having trouble locating these?

Is there a possible workaround or is reinstalling SONAR the only way to go?

I purchased SONAR Platinum 2017.

This means something is blocking inshelp in the Steam Install script. The usual cause of this is:
1) Windows Updates Pending - This will block windows console commands registering
2) Windows User Account Access - This will block a console command from being elevated with Administrator privleges.

First thing I would do is make sure any updates are finished and make sure Windows has been reset.

Next, make sure you launch Steam as admin. Howto here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5688-ifhz-2170

Then, right-click on SONAR in your Steam Client. Go to properties > Local Data. Then click on the [verify application cache] button and allow steam to finish. Then launch SONAR again and allow Steam to go through the script. This should complete and the SI-Instrument Suite should be installed correctly.

[AnjeloC]

Hey Seth, I went through all the steps and it's finally working! Thank You!

P.S.

This is from a freelance audio engineer trying to make a living in a third-world/poorly developing country. It's hard enough to make a career out of music production, much more when normal folks living here can't even afford the usual prices of audio equipment (due to poor economy, huge diference in cost of living etc.). I just wanted to use this opportunity to thank you guys (Cakewalk and Steam) for making this possible. To get a fully functioning DAW with all these features, at this price point is a GODSEND. I can't thank you guys enough.