File Locations and the Path(s) To Uhniversal Enlightenment

[xh3rv]

Does anyone have the appropriate information for RTAS stuff?

Troubleshooting:
- Zebra Difficulties

The best idea is moving Zebra2.data out of the write protected zone (C:\Program Files\...) alltogether:

- open Vstplugins directory which holds Zebra2.dll in Explorer and locate "Zebra2.data"
- move the whole folder Zebra2.data to C:\Users\You\Documents\
- right-click Zebra2.data in new location and create a shortcut (symbolic link)
- move the shortcut back to Vstplugins, in the same directory as Zebra2.dll
- rename the shortcut back to "Zebra2.data" if it's called "Zebra2.data shortcut" or anything else

This way Zebra follows the shortcut to look for its resources and permissions within Vstplugins\ do not matter anymore.

Windows (default):
VST Plugs: C:\Program Files\vst plugins
Presets: C:\Program Files\vst plugins\Zebra2.data\Presets\Zebra2
Extra resources: C:\Program Files\vst plugins\Zebra2.data\...
** As noted above, this may be altered if permissions problems occur!

OS X:
AU Components: Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
VST Plugs: Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
Presets: Library/Audio/Presets/u-he/
Extra resources: Library/Application Support/u-he/
-- .tun (microtuning): Library/Application Support/u-he/Tunefiles/
-- GUI Themes: Library/Application Support/u-he/Themes/
-- Zebra2 MSEG presets: Library/Application Support/u-he/Zebra2/Modules/MSEG/
-- Zebra2 Oscillator presets: Library/Application Support/u-he/Zebra2/Modules/Oscillator/
-or-
Users/[your user name]/Library/... as above
- (e.g. Users/foo/Library/Audio/Presets/u-he/Zebra2/)
('User' patches will show up here, 'Local' patches will be in the system-wide Library/... file structure. You may find some MIDImap preference, other preference files here.)

Extra resources can be found at http://u-he.com/PatchLib/

RTAS:
Anyone?

[Urs]

(You beat me to it - I'm actually thinking of posting this in faq on the website directly... file locations/permissions have become the most frequent support issue, by far)

[xh3rv]

Anyone have the Windows paths?

[mcnoone]

Anyone have the Windows paths?

I'll load it on my windows unit, in a few, and post results.
I need a new pc really. It struggles with cpu when using synth1.

edit: This is Windows XP (don't know if W7 is different though)
Installer gives a choice of default or custom "data" folder, and I chose default. Which is in the same vst plugins folder as Zebra.
Here.
VST directory
C:\Program Files\vst plugins
Data Directory
C:\Program Files\vst plugins\Zebra2.data
Presets
C:\Program Files\vst plugins\Zebra2.data\Presets\Zebra2
Data folder

note: I think most people get bad results from putting the data into a different drive then the Zebra dll is in.
I've read that somewhere before.

[xh3rv]

Thanks!

I think the Windows stuff is addressed by the thread linked, but maybe worth noting again ...

[asseca]

note: I think most people get bad results from putting the data into a different drive then the Zebra dll is in.
I've read that somewhere before.

Actually it is best to place the data in a custom data folder. So, it would be interesting to know what users have problems placing the data (via the installer) in a custom data folder. I assume those users did place the custom data folder in a location with read AND write file access ??