The information in this article applies to:
SONAR X3 (all versions)
We have received reports from some customers that Session Drummer 3 does not show up in their version of SONAR X3 despite being installed successfully from the installer. Some customers have also reported that it shows up but results in a “Failed to Insert Soft Synth” message when attempting to insert it into SONAR.
If you are experiencing this issue, Session Drummer 3 has dependencies that may be missing from your computer. This version of Session Drummer 3 relies on components distributed with the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4. This update can be obtained from the link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679
If you are running into this issue, please download and install this update with SONAR closed. Once this update has finished, open up SONAR and perform a VST Scan by doing the following:
1.Within SONAR, Navigate to Edit > Preferences > VST Settings
2.Click the “Scan” button to perform a VST Scan
3.Click Apply and Close to close the Preferences window once complete.
4.At this point you should be able to create a project and insert Session Drummer 3 successfully from Insert > Soft Synths
Note: if SONAR is set to run an Automatic Background VST Scan, you do not have to manually run a VST Scan upon opening SONAR X3.