{"id":1745363,"date":"2018-09-14T17:29:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T21:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1745363"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:00:16","slug":"vienna-symphonic-library-software-activation-instructions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/vienna-symphonic-library-software-activation-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna Symphonic Library Software Activation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this guide, we will show you how to authorize, download, and install your new Vienna Symphonic Library software. Follow the sections below to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><a href=\"#Create-an-iLok-account\"><strong>Create an iLok account<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Register-your-software\"><strong>Register your software<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#Download-and-install-your-VSL-software\">Download and install your VSL software<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Create-an-iLok-account\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Create an iLok account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna Symphonic Library software is licensed with iLok. That means to use it, you will need to connect its iLok license to the iLok Cloud or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/store\/detail\/iLok3--pace-ilok-3rd-generation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iLok USB stick<\/a>. If you don\u2019t already have an iLok account, you\u2019ll need to create one and install the iLok License Manager app. Follow the steps below to get started. If you already have an account, skip these steps and continue to <strong><a href=\"#Register-your-software\">register the software<\/a><\/strong>. Learn more about iLok licensing in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ilok-license-manager-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iLok Quickstart Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Visit iLok\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilok.com\/#!registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registration page<\/a> and complete the registration form. Take note of your User ID and password, as both are <strong>case-sensitive<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Open the iLok Account Activation email and click on the verification link.<\/li><li>Download and install the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilok.com\/#!license-manager\">iLok License Manager<\/a>.<\/li><li>Launch the iLok License Manager app and sign in to your account.<ul><li><strong>Optional:<\/strong> connect an iLok and when prompted, click <strong>Yes <\/strong>to register it to your account.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilok.com\/#!license-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/03\/iLok-Website-1024x876.png\" alt=\"iLok-Website\" class=\"wp-image-1761841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/03\/iLok-Website-1024x876.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/03\/iLok-Website-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/03\/iLok-Website-768x657.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/03\/iLok-Website.png 1262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to download iLok License Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Register-your-software\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Register your software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff5c7\"><strong>IMPORTANT! <\/strong>If you have a VSL account already, The serial number for your Vienna product(s) has been registered to the &#8220;MyVSL&#8221; user account you provided us. You will receive an email from Sweetwater and Vienna that contains your Activation Code.<br><br>If you do not currently have an account created with VSL, <a href=\"https:\/\/auth.vsl.co.at\/Account\/Register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">create one here<\/a> so you may register the code you receive from Sweetwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve created an iLok account, the next step is to register the software you purchased on the website. Once the registration code is entered on the website, the license will be transferred to iLok for you to register via iLok License Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Go to your VSL account homepage and click <a href=\"https:\/\/preview.vsl.co.at\/en\/MyVSL\/MyProducts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Licenses<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, located on the left side of the page.<\/li><li>Click <em>Link iLok Account <\/em>field and use your iLok User ID to synchronize accounts. <\/li><li>Copy and paste the Serial Number you received from your Sweetwater Sales Engineer into the <em>Serial Number<\/em> field, then click <strong>Register<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li><li>Launch iLok License Manager, then follow the steps below that apply to you.<ul><li><strong>iLok USB stick: <\/strong>Click the <strong>Available <\/strong>tab, then drag and drop the VSL license into the iLok icon.<\/li><li><strong>iLok Cloud (internet access required)<\/strong>: Click the <strong>File <\/strong>menu and select <strong>Open Cloud Session<\/strong>. A new iLok Cloud Session will start with all available cloud-enabled licenses.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preview.vsl.co.at\/en\/MyVSL\/MyProducts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"983\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/03\/vsl-account-page.jpg\" alt=\"vsl account page\" class=\"wp-image-1772844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/03\/vsl-account-page.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/03\/vsl-account-page-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/03\/vsl-account-page-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to register your VSL software.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Download-and-install-your-VSL-software\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Download and install your VSL software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff5c7\"><strong>IMPORTANT: <\/strong>If you\u2019re an existing user, you must convert your current eLicenser license to an iLok license as soon as possible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve created an iLok account, the next step is to download and install the Vienna Assistant software, which you\u2019ll use to download and install your new VSL software and delete old eLicenser sample content (to save space.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Go to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsl.co.at\/manuals\/vienna-assistant\/installation\">Vienna Assistant <\/a><\/strong>page. <\/li><li>Click the <strong>Support<\/strong> menu, then select the Vienna Assistant download link<strong> <\/strong>for your computer.<\/li><li>Once the download is complete, go to your <em>Downloads <\/em>folder, launch the installer file and follow the on-screen instructions.<\/li><li>Launch Vienna Assistant, enter your login credentials and download and install your library.<ul><li>VSL sound libraries are quite large, so they may take quite a bit of time depending on your internet connection.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Once the installation is complete, launch your DAW, create a project, then load VSL onto an instrument track.<ul><li>The software will be authorized in the background when your computer is online.<\/li><li>When your computer is offline, you must connect the USB eLicenser key for the software to be authorized.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1745371,"template":"","categories":[429786],"tags":[53813,69147,53992,190709,54779,37912,35161,55060,142715,131759,190708,84442,35603],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33839],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, we will show you how to activate and install Vienna Symphonic Library software. 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