Synthetic Drums 1 & 2

n_q

Does anyone have a clue how to obtain my Synthetic Drums 1 & 2 libraries? Is there a legacy installer somewhere? I mean they are just samples and I can see them under my products, but there's no way of installing them.

Rich_NI

Hi @n_q

Unfortunately there is no way of getting that product running on your system. Such old installers contain 32bit residues, which are blocked from being installed on macOS Catalina or higher.

This is explained in the following article: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/12/20908567/apple-macos-catalina-breaking-apps-32-bit-support-how-to-prepare-avoid-update

There is perhaps a workaround we could have used if you are running Windows, but on mac, there is unfortunately nothing we can do.

LostInFoundation

You can find legacy installers here

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/downloads/update-manager/?q=Synthetic+drums&t=updates

n_q

Thanks. I know about the legacy installers, but there's no full installer giving me the entire library unfortunately.

LostInFoundation

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/69272#Comment_69272

Isn’t the “reloaded” version installing the library?

n_q

Unfortunately not. It’s just a “best of”.

it’s just over my head how a company could discontinue a sample library … there were no complicated mappings or anything. After digging deeper, it seems like it has been discontinued for a really long time.

LostInFoundation

Sorry for you. And for NI acting like this

n_q

Thanks for your help!

LostInFoundation

Not so helpful, but you’re welcome 😉

Rich_NI

Hi @n_q

Which operating system are you running exactly?

n_q

MacOS Ventura on a MacBook Air M1

Rich_NI

Hi @n_q

Unfortunately there is no way of getting that product running on your system. Such old installers contain 32bit residues, which are blocked from being installed on macOS Catalina or higher.

This is explained in the following article: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/12/20908567/apple-macos-catalina-breaking-apps-32-bit-support-how-to-prepare-avoid-update

There is perhaps a workaround we could have used if you are running Windows, but on mac, there is unfortunately nothing we can do.