Before anything, please be sure that the USER ACCOUNTS CONTROL AND ANY AND ALL SPYWARE OR FIREWALL OR ANTIVIRUS ON THE SYSTEM IS DISABLED. User Accounts Control is found at the Control Panel Level of the computer. It must be set to NEVER NOTIFY. Any other computer defenders you have enabled on the system will hinder installation and any progress you would otherwise make. If you have PREVIOUSLY run the Update, go to ADD REMOVE programs at the Control Panel level and remove the Play Update(s) that you find.<\/p>\n
To uninstall your PLAY Library from your PC do the following:<\/p>\n
-go to the Control Panel from the ‘Start’ menu.<\/p>\n
-in Windows XP, look for the ‘Add\/Remove Programs’ control panel feature, in Vista simply look for ‘Programs’ in the control panel.<\/p>\n
-Simply select the PLAY Products you want to uninstall and select ‘Remove’ or ‘Uninstall’.<\/p>\n
ADVANCED: <\/p>\n
To manually remove all PLAY components delete the following files:<\/p>\n
Win XP<\/p>\n
C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data*\\East West <\/p>\n
C:\\Program Files\\EastWest\\ <\/p>\n
C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\East West\\Vstplugins (default vst location selected by installer)<\/p>\n
C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Digidesign\\DAE\\Plug-Ins\\ -> play_rtas.dpm and play_rtas.dpm.rsr<\/p>\n
Vista\/Win 7<\/p>\n
C:\\Program Data* \\All Users\\Application Data*\\East West <\/p>\n
C:\\Program Files\\EastWest\\ <\/p>\n
C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\East West\\Vstplugins (default vst location selected by installer)<\/p>\n
C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Digidesign\\DAE\\Plug-Ins\\ -> play_rtas.dpm and play_rtas.dpm.rsr<\/p>\n
* These are hidden folders, you must set windows to view hidden folders.<\/p>\n
In order to get the software installed please download our Play Software Update found here:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.soundsonline.com\/updates.php<\/p>\n
In the custom install screen of the installer, check-mark the boxes (MAC) or choose the picture of the Hard Drive that says to “install entire feature on local hard drive” from the drop down menus (PC) next to each product to ensure all selected titles are brought to the latest program version. Then when it asks about the play_vst.dll or the play_x64vst.dll hit the Browse Button and put the proper dll whether 32 bit or 64 bit into the proper vst folder for your DAW host system.<\/p>\n
The LIBRARY ONLY will be installed from the dvds. When you run the installer, select only the library and de select everything else, or you can bypass the installer and simply drag the Library folder off of each disc to the hard drive you want it to be on. They will merge together into one large folder.<\/p>\n
When you run the update and select “the entire feature will be dowloaded to the hard drive” for each library you own, then you can go back and install from the discs. If the main installer still does not work, you can use the data installer inside of the data folder on each disc or you can simply drag the Library folder from each disc to the desired hard drive location. In the custom install screen of the installer, choose the picture of the Hard Drive that says to “install entire feature on local hard drive” from the drop down menus (PC) next to each product to ensure all selected titles are brought to the latest program version. Then when it asks about the play_vst.dll or the play_x64vst.dll hit the Browse Button and put the proper dll whether 32 bit or 64 bit into the proper vst folder for your DAW host system. Then, you will point Play to the HD where the sounds are living, see below:<\/p>\n
1) Go to the browser menu in Play and locate the favorites window in the bottom left above the keyboard and control + click (MAC) or right-click (PC) on the product title and choose to “set product library directory”. If no entry exists for your product, click in the favorites window and choose “add another product library”.<\/p>\n
2) Navigate to the product title’s Instrument folder and click choose. Please note: For Platinum Complete, point each respective orchestral section to it’s appropriate folder within the Platinum Instruments folder.<\/p>\n
3) Now run the sample \/ instrument updates for your product. Please choose the default installation directory (system drive) as the updates will be directed to the correct location per the directory you just set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[35767],"storecat":[],"itemids":[101161,5970,11689],"manufacturers":[33322],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n