Hello everybody,
simple situation:
I have been using Wall of Sound on Computer 1 and have already created some cool presets.
Now I am setting up Computer 2 and want to transfer these presets to the Wall of Sound installation on Computer 2.
The whole thing seems much more complicated than expected:
1) To get the old presets to the new computer, I first created a dummy preset to see where and how the presets are stored.
I found out it was at C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\presets\vst-Torpedo Wall Of Sound (x64)
Knowing where the correct directory is, I then copied the old preset file "vst-Torpedo Wall Of Sound III (x64)" to the same place.
Nothing happened, the file with the old presets was not read.
So I renamed the old file with the name of the new one and finally had WoS open the old presets on the new computer.
2) So, I can open the old presets.
BUT: When I now open these old presets on Computer 2, I get error messages because the presets contain user impulses and the directory for these impulses has changed from Computer 1 to Computer 2.
I tried to simply go to "Menu > Select user impulse directory..." and change the path to the correct new directory but this doesn't help.
The user impulses are still not found.
3) In order to make it work, I simply recreated the directory structure from Computer 1 to Computer 2, creating four levels of folders with the sole purpose of making WoS find the user impulses.
4) BUT: When I now open an old preset that includes a user impulse, I get another error message:
"Warning! This file is not present in the user impulses directory" and the output is completely blocked (in other words: there is no sound at all).
5) I tried to reopen these user impulses by clicking on them and opening them again at "Users", trying both the new user impulse directory and the other one that is the same path as on Computer 1.
But no chance. No sound at all.
So I am at my wits end.
How can I copy presets from one computer to the other?
Does it only work if both computers have the exact same folder structure?
Or how can I make the adaptions needed?
simple situation:
I have been using Wall of Sound on Computer 1 and have already created some cool presets.
Now I am setting up Computer 2 and want to transfer these presets to the Wall of Sound installation on Computer 2.
The whole thing seems much more complicated than expected:
1) To get the old presets to the new computer, I first created a dummy preset to see where and how the presets are stored.
I found out it was at C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\presets\vst-Torpedo Wall Of Sound (x64)
Knowing where the correct directory is, I then copied the old preset file "vst-Torpedo Wall Of Sound III (x64)" to the same place.
Nothing happened, the file with the old presets was not read.
So I renamed the old file with the name of the new one and finally had WoS open the old presets on the new computer.
2) So, I can open the old presets.
BUT: When I now open these old presets on Computer 2, I get error messages because the presets contain user impulses and the directory for these impulses has changed from Computer 1 to Computer 2.
I tried to simply go to "Menu > Select user impulse directory..." and change the path to the correct new directory but this doesn't help.
The user impulses are still not found.
3) In order to make it work, I simply recreated the directory structure from Computer 1 to Computer 2, creating four levels of folders with the sole purpose of making WoS find the user impulses.
4) BUT: When I now open an old preset that includes a user impulse, I get another error message:
"Warning! This file is not present in the user impulses directory" and the output is completely blocked (in other words: there is no sound at all).
5) I tried to reopen these user impulses by clicking on them and opening them again at "Users", trying both the new user impulse directory and the other one that is the same path as on Computer 1.
But no chance. No sound at all.
So I am at my wits end.
How can I copy presets from one computer to the other?
Does it only work if both computers have the exact same folder structure?
Or how can I make the adaptions needed?