Studio One 4.5 Fx Chain Missing

I have a 30 some track song consisting of EZdrummer tracks, vocals, guitar, etc. on a computer that I am worrying will crash soon. I purchased a new PC and installed studio one and EZdrummer on it and would like to transfer the song from my old PC to my new one. Not being super computer literate I am wondering if someone could be so kind as to provide me with a step by step procedure for moving the song onto my new PC. I am assuming it has something to do with using a USB memory stick which I have. Also, I don't need all of the 'takes' from the vocals, guitar, etc. moved over (lots and lots of takes) but just the most recent take from each of the tracks moved over. Thanks so much in advance for your help.

I would suggest that you transfer everything and once in the new computer, you can delete what you don't need, to ensure that everything gets transferred click on Song>Copy External Files and then just simply copy the folder to the USB stick.

Thanks for the reply but I must be doing something wrong.... I select Song>Copy External Files and a window opens that says 'Do you want to copy these external files to the Media Foler?'. At the bottom of the window it says 'yes' 'no'. In the middle of the window is a path listed on my C drive with no way to change the path to go to my USB stick. Not sure what to do?

nickkahle wroteThanks for the reply but I must be doing something wrong.... I select Song>Copy External Files and a window opens that says 'Do you want to copy these external files to the Media Foler?'. At the bottom of the window it says 'yes' 'no'. In the middle of the window is a path listed on my C drive with no way to change the path to go to my USB stick. Not sure what to do?

What the Copy External Files does is it puts any audio file you may have dragged into the song into the media folder where all the audio files reside for the song. Once you do that your Song will be ready to copy to the USB stick.
Find the song folder on you hard drive and simply drag it to you USB stick and it will copy the whole folder. The folder where your song is located will have a song file, media folder etc.
Any time you creat a new song you'll want to create a FOLDER and name it as the song name, this way your recordings , song file, media folder etc is always in one folder. Just make sure you Copy External Files as well if you have dragged things into the project. Studio One doesn't automatically store those audio files you drag into the song unless you tell it to using that function
1. Copy External Files
2. Now go and find the FOLDER which has the song in it on your HD, drag it to your USB stick and your done

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Thanks shanabit, for helping, sometimes I forget that not all people knows everything about Studio One.
Cheers.

Thanks for the information as it was very helpful. However, I don't mean to go on but I still am having problems. The following is a summary of what is happening to me
1. I have a song on my HP Vista laptop that I want to transfer over to my new Toshiba Windows 8.1 laptop as my HP is getting kind of flaky on me.
2. I downloaded studio one and installed on my Toshiba along with Ezdrummer
3. I followed the procedure to get my song onto a USB drive from my HP laptop
4. I start up studio one on my Toshiba and get the following messages during the power up sequence: 'Failed to open speakers (2 - Audiobox USB)!' and a message right after that saying 'AUDIo Playback is Disabled'
5. When Studio one comes up I load up my song from the USB stick and get the message:
Missing Devices
Device/Port Used by
ezdrummer 6 - ezdrummer
ezdrummer 7 - ezdrummer2
ezdrummer 8 - ezdrummer3
6. I try to play the song that is now loaded in studio one and there is no sound.....
Any ideas
Thanks again

I have an update from my previous post.
I was told to download a new driver for my AudioBox USB that is for windows 8 and it worked! My error messages reported in step 4 were resolved and I now have sound so step 6 is also fixed.
However, I still have one last issue and that is step 5 - I still have no drum sound and still get the error described previously in step 5. Getting so so close but not sure why studio one doesn't find my ezdrummer software....
Again - any help is very appreciated as I am not a computer type person. Thanks

Thanks Luis for the reply. Before I make any changes I want to tell you what I have on my Toshiba laptop running windows 8.1
1. I downloaded and run studio one 64 bit
2. in the path c:ProgramfilesVstPluginsToontrack exists just one file (ezdrummer.dll) and no folders
3. in the path c:Programfiles(x86)ToontrackEZdrummer exist numerous directories including EZX_Americana, EZXCocktail, EZX_Nashville, EZX_Percussion, etc... and each of these directories branch out into more directories and files
It appears that I may have a hodge podge of 64 bit and 32 bit things going on. I assume that since I use the 64 bit version of studio one that my ezdrummer stuff should all reside in the c:Programfiles directory structure and not in the c:Programfiles(x86). Before I do anything though I feel that I should check with you one more time before I really screw up my ezdrummer stuff.
Thanks again for your help.

Click on Studio One Preferences>Locations>Vst Plugins and make sure that the path of your plugins is in there.

Well, i wasn't able to find where to set the info for vst plugins. I did the following:
1. launched studio one
2. when studio one came up i selected 'studio one'
3. pull down i selected options
4. pop up i then selected locations
5. i cycled through all options but only saw options for the following
a. user data
b. file types
c. sound sets
d. instrument library

I'm showing you the menu on the Mac but it is the same for Windows.
When you press [Ctrl]/[,] the menu that comes up looks the same in Mac and Windows.

Thanks Luis,
but when i get to the .../options/locations i can only select from user data, file types, sound sets, or instrument library. no option to select VST and enter a path...

Your problem is that you are using either the free version or Artist,in those versions you can't use third party plugins,
that's the reason you can't see the VST Plugins section.
You mentioned that you wanted to transfer a song which contains EZdrummer tracks, so I don't understand whats going on.

thanks for all of the help, I will try tech support.

I think that's the best option, as you can see in these screenshots the option for Vst it's not there,like I said I don't know what's going on.

I am in the process of transferring songs to a new pc. i hadnt used any plugins on any old tracks i have, i succesfully moved thew songs folder onto a usb drive and plugged it into my new pc.
ive installed all sounds used for previous tracks on the new pc. i am able to open the songs in studio one v1 64 bit, but am having the error message 'missing devices'. ive tried updating my driver for the audiobox usb but am still missing devices. not sure what can fix this, not computer savvy, any help is appreciated. sorry if this has been answered a thousand times, but im not getting it...

Dear Studio One Users,
the next maintainance update is out there. Thanks for all your helpful input!
Have a nice summer time and maximum fun with Studio One 4.5.2!
Enjoy!
Ari
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Version 4.5.2 Release Notes (July 11, 2019):
New features and improvements:
● [Fat Channel] Support for increased Q value on parametric EQ for Series III mixers*
* This affects Q automation in songs created in previous versions. Make sure to render / bounce affected tracks before updating.
● [Project Page] Added “Normalize Track” function
● [Project Page] Added an inplace inspector for tracks
● [Project Page] Track commands are now assignable
● [Project Page] Streamlined digital release dialog
● [Macros] New menu items are now inserted at the end of the list
● “Edit Macro” and “Duplicate Macro” are now available for menu items
● Transform tool in instrument editor now keeps selection
● Added 'Time Lock' & 'Edit Lock' Parameters to Event Inspector
● Input selectors in groups are not linked anymore
● Added a group color bar in track controls
The following issues have been fixed:
● Pipeline not working after transforming audio
● Layout issues with Japanese strings
● Layout issues in video export dialog
● Unable to change the color of selected channels in certain cases
● Sample position shift with ARA plugins
● 'Normalize Audio' command should toggle
● Default Plug-in Manager window is too large
● Certain plug-in thumbnails not showing
● Crash on applying macro to split at marker
● DDP image created when cancelled with [Esc] key
● Cut-off strings in localized quantize panel
● [Ripple Edit] Dragging Audio Events from other tracks doesn’t ripple subsequent events
● [Ripple Edit] Duplicating with keyboard command doesn’t ripple subsequent events if there is space
● [Ripple Edit] Marker deletion is prevented
● Nested groups cause faders to jump when full group is re-enabled
● [Impact XT] Can't replace sample by drag and drop from browser
● Console Shaper won’t audition on mono bus
● Missing note-off for Note FX when switching track
● Melodyne level changes with 64-bit process precision
● Potential crash on video export
● Change instrument no longer affects all selected tracks
● Transform back to Instrument Track doesn't restore Note FX automation
● Hidden plug-ins still shown in certain areas
● Wrong first frame displayed when exporting video in loop range
● Potential crash extracting audio from certain AVI video files
● Crossfade shape at the end of events not following correctly when tracks are grouped
● “Trim Start/End To Cursor” won't work with (Edit) Groups
● [Windows 7] Erratic behavior when importing certain .m4a files
● [Windows 7] Export video fails for certain formats
● Dragging parts from Scratch Pad to Groove produces incorrect result
● Navigation with arrow keys stops on nested track folders
● [Windows] Holding mouse down on chord block moves chord events
● Track notes are removed when transforming track to rendered audio
● Zooming selected automation track should not affect parent track
● Embedded AAF files exported from Studio One get truncated in Pro Tools
● [External Instruments] Labels CC71 and CC74 are swapped
● [Audio Batch Converter] Metadata not copied during processing
● [Audio Batch Converter] Potential freeze with plug-ins having more than one input
● Reverse sidechain selection - Alt/Option+mouse click to select all / none is not working as expected
● GUI issues in Chord Picker
● [Macros] Renaming a copy is followed by an error message
● Deleting a Scratch Pad sometimes causes hanging / freezing
● Bend marker editing on stretched part not correctly redrawn
● Paste to locked track creates new track
● Visual group aids missing on grouped channel duplicate
● Potential crash on closing a song w/ imported data
● Copying automation between parameters won't work
● Waveform not updated when recording into layers on an external FAT device
● Resolution and timebase not stored in template
● Solo (S) key command not working with groups
● Editing clip gain and fades won't work in (edit) groups
● Note events in loop mode shouldn't be quantized when IQ is off
● Renamed Macro loses its shortcut
● Chord Preview preset path shouldn't show 'User Presets'
● Adding new Instrument Track makes hidden mixer bus channels visible
● Master bus pre/post metering incorrect
● [macOS] Double-clicking a .song file opens the Start Page instead
● MIDI velocity decreasing by 1 on import
● Windows audio stops sound if using 64-bit process precision
● Commands are interpreted in wrong focus area when application is in background
● Potential freeze when triggering macros via touch interface
● Simple command macros not working
● Potential crash on writing automation on multi-out channel
● Potential crash on “Import Song Data”
● [Macros] 'Show in Explorer / Finder' has no effect when 'Select in Pool' was executed before
● 'Clear Pattern' in detached Quantize Panel of editor clears Q-pattern in Arrangement
● Moving multiple Arrangement sections might delete time signatures
● Selection-based groups not changing the inputs for all selected tracks
● “Distribute Notes” ignores first note
● Wrong event focus when switching layers
● Swing notes not divided correctly when painted
● Level Meter stops updating when switching modes
● [Project Page] Crash on Right-/Ctrl+click in empty timeline
● Musical Editor selection issues
● Deleting Scratch Pad/s might delete adjacent tempo node/s
● Deleting entry from download list also deletes selected event in arrangement
● Exporting video between loop will lose orientation information
● File rename should contain the current file name
● Randomize Notes - note length entry requires trailing space
● Suspending a group is not undoable
● RSS feed takes too much time to load

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