Loopmasters Installation PDF

Installation Instructions Contents

File Formats 03

Ableton Live Pack 03

Apple Loops 04

EXS24 (Logic) 05

Logic Pro X Patches 06

Native Instruments Kontakt 07

Halion 08

Maschine – Maschine Packs 09

Maschine 2.0 Video Installation Guide 09

Maschine 2.0 Installation Guide 10

Maschine 1.8 Video Installation Guide 12

Maschine 1.8 Installation Guide 12

NN-XT 15

Reason Refills 16

Rex Files 17

MIDI Files 18

VST Presets 19

Absynth 19

FM8 21

Massive 23

Predator 25

Serum 27

Sylenth 29

SubBoomBass 30

Installing Bank Folders 31

Installing Individual Preset Files 34

MIDI Files 37

Vengeance Sound - VPS Avenger 38

MIDI Files 39

Loading VST and Plug-In Synth Instruments 40

Z3TA+2 Presets 44

Mac Installation 44

Windows Installation 45

Thank you for purchasing your Wave Alchemy product. Please follow

this step-by-step installation guide to get your specific software ready

for use!

(Note: These are general installation instructions and you may not find

all of the below formats within your purchased pack).

File Formats

Ableton Live Pack

1. Download the .zip folder provided, and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Create a folder on your computer to install your live packs to.

3. Within Ableton Live click the ‘Add Folder’ option on the left pane

and locate the folder you have chosen. This shortcut will enable you to

load sample packs quickly and easily.

4. Double-click the ‘.alp’ file that you have downloaded, and you will

then be prompted to choose a location for the install > select the

folder path that you linked to Ableton in the previous step (3).

5. The files are now ready for use!

Apple Loops

1. Download the .zip folder provided, and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Logic and locate your Apple Loops folder (press ‘O’ on your

computer’s qwerty keyboard) > your newly purchased Apple Loops can

be dragged and dropped/copied here, as shown in the picture below:

3. Select the ‘Move to Loops Folder’ option, and the loops will be

added to your Apple Loops Library.

Note: If you have a high number of sample packs, make a note of the

specific prefix that you wish to use e.g ‘FC2’ - this will enable you to

filter the results when searching for specific samples.

4. The files are now ready for use!

EXS24 (Logic)

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Copy the Sampler Patches and Sounds & FX folders to Logic’s

‘Sampler Instruments’ folder- located via - username/Library/

Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments

3. You may wish to create a ‘User’ folder like the one shown above >

open Logic, as well as the EXS24 sampler to a software track, before

selecting the ‘…’ tab loading the EXS24 patches window (as shown

below).

4. The files are now ready for use!

Logic Pro X Patches

(Note: CFA Sound: Logic Pro X Deep House Patches is used as the

example)

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to reveal its

contents.

2. Copy the folder entitled ‘CFA-Sound Logic Pro X Deep House Patches’

into the following directory, as shown below:

•

Audio Music Apps/Channel Strip Settings/Instruments/...

3. Open/restart Logic Pro X and create a new instrument channel.

4. Click on the ‘Settings’ button of the created instrument channel and

load the patches through the patch list.

5. The presets are now ready for use!

Native Instruments Kontakt

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Load an instance of Kontakt, and click the ‘Files’ browser tab to

navigate to your purchased sample pack.

3. Locate the main Kontakt sub-folder within the ‘Sampler Patches’

folder > you can locate and select the patch that you wish to use via

the lower window tab (as shown in the image above e.g

‘DRT_Kicks.nki’).

4. The software is now ready for use!

Halion

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Halion within your DAW and navigate to the ‘Browser’ tab,

which will display your computer’s file system. Locate your purchased

sample pack from the computer destination that you saved it to, and

select the desired patch within the Halion ‘Sampler Patches’ folder.

Note: It is advisable to resave the patch, so that you will not have to

repeat this procedure.

3. The files are now ready for use!

Maschine – Maschine Packs

Maschine has a slightly different install process depending on the

version you have. Please follow the guidelines below and see the

additional notes if you are experiencing difficulties.

Note: Pop-up windows must be allowed within your web browser's

Settings area to allow the opening of the green hyperlinks below,

which enable you to watch the tutorial videos.

Maschine 2.0 Video Installation Guide

Maschine 2.0 Installation Guide

(Note: Post Dubstep & Future Garage is used as the example).

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Maschine and select the ‘File’ > ‘Preferences’ and then

‘Library’ options, before clicking the ‘User’ tab.

3. Click ‘Add’ to open the file browser and locate the main pack folder

which contains the pack’s Projects, Groups and Samples, for example

‘Post Dubstep & Future Garage’.

4. Once the folder has been located, you will need to add an alias

name for the pack > click under ‘Alias’, and type the exact name of

the pack including numbers, capitals and symbols.

Important Notes:

•

The alias should be written as: Post Dubstep & Future Garage

•

The alias should not be written as: post dubstep and future

garage

5. Now close the Preferences window and you will see the pack within

your user library!

6. The files are now ready for use!

Maschine 1.8 Video Installation Guide

(Note: Skip to 2.02 mins)

Maschine 1.8 Installation Guide

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Maschine and select the ‘File’ > ‘Preferences’ and then

‘Library’ options, before clicking the ‘User’ tab.

3. Click ‘Add’ to open the file browser and locate the main pack folder

which contains the pack’s Projects, Groups and Samples, for example

‘Post Dubstep & Future Garage’.

Important Notes:

•

The alias should be written as: Post Dubstep & Future Garage

•

The alias should not be written as: post dubstep and future

garage

4. Click under the ‘Alias’ tab alongside the pack and type in the exact

name of the pack including numbers, capitals and symbols.

5. Now close the Preferences window and you will see the pack within

your user library!

6. The files are now ready for use!

Install Problem?

If you have previously installed a Maschine Pack and the groups or

projects are not loading, please ensure that you have installed the

correct pack for your version of Maschine.

Also check that you have created an alias to the sample pack, so that

Maschine can locate the projects:

•

The alias should be written as: Post Dubstep & Future Garage

•

The alias should not be written as: post dubstep and future

garage

Note: If you do not type the exact name of the pack, it will not install

correctly.

1. You may need to uninstall the pack entirely from Maschine before

reinstalling it, to prevent any cross-referencing.

2. To do this, go to Maschine’s ‘Preferences’ area before selecting the

‘Library’, and then ‘User’ tabs.

3. Remove any previous location path to the Maschine pack (s) and

then close Maschine, before creating a new project (to clear the

history).

4. Quit Maschine, re-open it and then re-follow the instructions from

step 2. of the ‘Maschine 1.8 Installation Guide’.

NN-XT

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Locate and open NN-XT within Reason and click the ‘Load Patch’

option > navigate to your new sample pack and load the desired patch

from the NN-XT ‘Sampler Patches’ folder.

3. The files are now ready for use!

Reason Refills

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. It is recommended to create a ‘Refills’ folder on your computer

before copying/saving all the purchased Refill files into it. Once

Reason is open, load a device and open the instrument/effect browser

window.

3. Locate the ‘Refills’ folder and drag and drop it from the browser

window to ‘Locations and Favourites‘, which is located within the

left-side section > you will now need to move your purchased Refills to

this folder.

4. The files are now ready for use!

Rex Files

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Rex files can be loaded in Reason’s ‘Dr. OctoRex’ player. Simply

click the ‘Browse Patch’ tab and locate the file you wish to use. You

can load up to 8x Rex files into Dr.OctoRex’s available slots.

3. The files are now ready for use!

MIDI Files

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. MIDI files are note sequences which can be imported, edited and

transposed in your DAW. Importing MIDI files will vary between

programs - some will allow you to drag-and-drop directly into the

sequencer, e.g Ableton, Studio One. If this is not the case, you will find

that ‘File > Import MIDI File’ option will allow you to load each MIDI

file within Ableton Reason, Cubase, Logic, FL Studio, Renoise and most

other popular DAW platforms.

3. Assign an instrument or VST a MIDI track and then you will then be

able to use the file (s) as you wish.

4. The MIDI files are now ready for use!

VST Presets

Absynth

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Absynth within your DAW, and click the ‘File’ tab that is

located at the top-left of the plug-in’s interface.

3. Select the ‘Browser’ tab, and look in the ‘Directories’ window to

locate your computer’s ‘User Library Directories’.

Note: The library folder locations should look as shown below:

Macintosh:

•

HD:Users:John:Documents:Native Instruments:Absynth

5:Sounds

Windows:

•

C:\Users\John\Documents\Native Instruments\Absynth 5

\Sounds

4. Locate the above (related Mac/PC) directory on your computer, and

place your presets within the folder.

5. Click ‘Rebuild DB’ located at the bottom right, and you will then

see the Bank Name of the product appear on the left-side of the

‘Attributes/Browser’ windows.

6. The presets are now ready for use!

FM8

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open FM8 within your DAW > click the ‘File’ option that is located at

the top of plug-in’s interface.

3. Select the ‘Options’ tab > click the ‘Database’ tab and look at

‘User Library Directories’.

Note: The folder location should look like the folder paths shown

below:

Macintosh:

•

HD:Users:John:Documents:Native Instruments:FM8:Sounds

Windows :

•

C:\Users\John\Documents\Native Instruments\FM8\Sounds

4. Locate the above (related - Mac/PC) directory on your computer,

and place your presets within the folder. Click the ‘Rebuild DB’ option

that is located at the right-hand side, and you will then see the Bank

Name of the product appear on the left-side of the ‘Attributes/

Browser’ windows.

5. The presets are now ready for use!

Massive

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Massive within your DAW and click the ‘File’ option that is

located at the top of the plug-in’s interface.

3. Select the ‘Options’ tab.

4. Click the ‘Browser’ option to locate your computer’s ‘User Library

Directories’ area.

Note: The folder location should look as shown below:

Macintosh:

•

HD:Users:John:Documents:Native Instruments:Massive:Sounds

Windows:

•

C:\Users\John\Documents\Native Instruments\Massive\Sounds

5. Locate the above (related Mac/PC) directory on your computer, and

place your presets within the folder. Click the ‘Rebuild DB’ option that

is located at the right-hand side, and you will then see the Bank Name

of the product appear on the left-side of the ‘Attributes/Browser’

windows.

6. The presets are now ready for use!

Predator

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Locate the Rob Papen VST folder on your computer; by default, this

is installed within the ‘Application’ folder on Mac systems, and in the

‘Documents’ directory on PC stations (as shown in the screenshots

below).

Mac

3. Drag and drop/copy the extracted preset pack folder into the Rob

Papen ‘Bank Folder’ directory, and once this has been performed you

will be able to load the patches via the ‘Preset’ > ‘Quick Browse’

options that are located at the top-left corner of Predator’s user

interface.

4. The presets are now ready for use!

Serum

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Serum within your Daw > you need to begin by loading the

patches into the ‘Serum Presets’ folder which can be located by

clicking ‘Menu’ tab.

3. Click ‘Show Serum Presets folder’ > this will open the location of

Serum’s entire available content.

4. Locate the ‘Presets’ folder, then the ‘User’ folder contained within

it > now you will need to move the purchased presets to the ‘User’

folder before reopening Serum.

5. Once Serum has been reloaded, click the ‘Browser’ folder icon/tab

(as highlighted by the yellow arrow below) on the left-side of the

‘Menu’ tab and you will then see your presets in the list (as shown

below). Double-click your preferred preset to load it into Serum.

6. The presets are now ready for use!

Sylenth

1. Download the .zip folder provided and double-click it to extract the

main folder to a computer location of choice, e.g ‘Documents’ or on an

external hard drive.

2. Open Sylenth within your DAW > click the ‘Preset’ option within the

interface’s central screen, and then select ‘Load’ to locate the

individual preset within the extracted folder (once it has been un-

zipped).

Note: You can now select multiple presets and import them

simultaneously, by using the left/right arrows to change between

them.

3. To load a preset bank, click the ‘Bank’ option then choose ‘Load’

within the interface’s central screen to locate your chosen bank.

4. The presets are now ready for use!

SubBoomBass

1. Download the .zip folder provided,!and double-click it to extract its

contents.

Note:!Multiple sub-folders exist within the main extracted folder,

which contain the inclusive various file formats.

Mac

2. Save the folder to a memorable computer location of choice, e.g

‘Documents’ or on an external hard drive.

Installing Bank Folders

1. Open SubBoomBass within your DAW, and click within the slim tab

that is located on the right-side of the 'Presets' option to reveal the

drop-down selection (this can be found at the top-left corner of

SubBoomBass' main user interface).

2. Select the 'Load Bank' option from the drop-down selection.

3. Navigate to the computer location (e.g ‘Documents’) where you

saved the main expansion pack folder to, and locate the

'PW98_Suboom_Bank File' sub-folder.

4. Double-click on the 'PW98_Suboom_Bank File' sub-folder, and select

the 'Ultimate House Basses Vol One.fxb' file > once the file is selected,

click on the 'Open' or 'Choose' option that is displayed within your

computer's web browser to upload the bank file.

5. The preset bank folder is now available via the 'Preset > Quick

Browse' tabs.

6. The individual files are located and available for selection when

clicking the preset pack name e.g 'Ultimate House Basses Vol 1', before

choosing a particular preset from a preset bank.

Note:!The 'Ramirez' preset has been selected in this example.

The Chosen Preset is now Uploaded and Ready for Use Within

SubBoomBass!

Installing Individual Preset Folders

1. Open SubBoomBass within your DAW, and click within the slim tab

that is located on the right-side of the 'Presets' option to reveal the

drop-down selection (this can be found at the top-left corner of

SubBoomBass' main user interface).

2. Select the 'Load Preset' option from the drop-down selection.

3. Navigate o the computer location (e.g ‘Documents’) where you

saved the main expansion pack folder to, and locate the

'PW98_Suboom_Single Presets' sub-folder.

4. Double-click on the ''PW98_Suboom_Single Presets' sub-folder', and

select a .fxp file name/preset of choice e.g 'Classic House Bass.fxp' >

once the file is selected, click on the 'Open' or 'Choose' option that is

displayed within your computer's web browser to upload the preset

file.

The chosen preset is now uploaded and ready for use within

SubBoomBass!

MIDI Files

1. Once you have downloaded and extracted the main folder from

the .zip file, copy/save the extracted folder to a memorable computer

location e.g 'Documents' or to an external hard drive - open the 'MIDI

Files' sub-folder to locate the MIDI files, which are displayed like

so...'001_Left_wing.mid'.

2. To Load the included MIDI files within most DAWs, you will need to

either go to the file open tab whilst in your chosen software

environment and use the 'Import Midi File option', or alternatively drag

and drop any of the '.Mid' files onto a new track (in your arrangement/

session window). To be able to hear anything at this stage, you now

need to assign a software instrument of choosing to the track that the

MIDI file pattern has been copied to (be it a software or hardware

synth of choice) > please check the instructions/user manual of your

relevant DAW, if you are unsure on how to perform this.

Vengeance Sound - VPS Avenger

1. Download the .zip folder provided.

2. Double-click the .zip folder to open and reveal its contents.

MAC

MIDI Files

1. Once you have downloaded and extracted the main folder from

the .zip file, copy/save the extracted folder to a memorable computer

location e.g 'Documents' or to an external hard drive - the prefix

needed starts with 'AR/BS_' etc, and is followed by a number as well as

the pack's full name e.g 'AR Use As Mau5 Chord D.mid'.