Hi Larry, thank you for your reply. Now I know that the ST Prefs path requires ALL sounds below it.

I did understand that if that was the case, maybe my best route would be to somehow uninstall / reinstall ST on the D drive, and then put my new sounds on the D drive.

But if I did that, I couldn't see how BB would be able to find ST in its new location. Would I end up having to reinstall the whole BB too, just so it could find an existing copy of ST?

And as for reinstalling ST, I note that (1) I never had an existing copy of ST when I installed BB, and (2) the timestamps on my C drive (ST) and D drive (BB box, etc) are identical (2014-11-14), meaning that I think BB actually installed SampleTank for me, except that BB installed it on my C drive.

Does my logic make sense? Is that how BB normally installs ST, on the C drive? (I know I would not knowingly install on the C drive, for sure.)

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While I'm waiting for your reply, I already (1) read the other forum thread you cited, and agree that it makes perfect sense, and (2) was thinking maybe I could find a non-BB installer for ST 2.5.

If I can find one, then I can (1) copy the BB-installed ST instruments to a safe place, (2) uninstall the C:...BB-installed\ST, (3) install my ST installer on the D drive, (4) and then repopulate the "default" ST Instruments folder with (a) my saved BB-shipped HQ instruments, and (b) all my eSoundz instruments. Then tell ST to relist the instruments, and then I should be ready to go.

As that other thread suggested, I should be able to get my BB projects set up the way I want using the default GM synth, and then at the very end just switch out the default GM synth on the melody/solo MIDI tracks with specific higher quality ST instruments, before generating MP3 files.

I will report back here if I find an ST 2.5 installer somewhere.

Last edited by kevinj; 11/29/14 02:50 PM.