KVR Audio

jackson881 · Post by **jackson881** » Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:53 pm

Moving large libraries to an external drive seems so essential. It shouldn't require a workaround.

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:10 pm

krismiller1982 wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:15 pm Trying out Reason 11 Plus 30 free subscription... I have tried using symlinks for folders, even symlinks for the files contained in folders but nothing works. This is ridiculous, deleting all 24GB this evening. Cant imagine a more idiotic program. Forcing all sound content to be on your main OS harddrive is beyond stupid...

You must be doing it wrong, because it definitely works.

I agree it's stupid to force a workaround, but they're not the first and the last...

Kypresso · Post by **Kypresso** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:18 pm

antic604 wrote: Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:10 pm
krismiller1982 wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:15 pm Trying out Reason 11 Plus 30 free subscription... I have tried using symlinks for folders, even symlinks for the files contained in folders but nothing works. This is ridiculous, deleting all 24GB this evening. Cant imagine a more idiotic program. Forcing all sound content to be on your main OS harddrive is beyond stupid...
You must be doing it wrong, because it definitely works.

May be more helpful to explain how to do it rather than just you're doing it wrong.

antic604 wrote: Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:10 pm I agree it's stupid to force a workaround, but they're not the first and the last...

So which other daws wont allow you to move their content, most even provide a built in way to set the folder to use.

lessera · Post by **lessera** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:15 pm

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mklink /j "D:\DOCUMENTS\MUSIC\Propellerhead Content" "E:\REASON\Propellerhead Content"
mklink /j "C:\ProgramData\Propellerhead Software\Soundbanks" "E:\REASON\Soundbanks"
mklink /j "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Propellerhead Software\RackExtensions" "E:\REASON\RackExtensions"

These are the three directories that use the most space. I use E:\REASON as a destination directory, but use whatever you'd prefer.

That ougta tidy things up a bit for you.

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:49 pm

Kypresso wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:18 pmMay be more helpful to explain how to do it rather than just you're doing it wrong.

I just googled it

I'm using this software, that simply adds righ-click menu entries for creating different types of symlinks, junktions and links: https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshe ... nsion.html

Reason 11 content on external hard drive