Xpand! - Librarian Menu doesn't show any presets

[LennyK]

The title pretty much sums it up. In both 1.0 and 1.0.1 (which I had to install by manually copying Xpand!.dpm) nothing but "factory default" shows up in the Librarian Menu in Xpand. Any ideas?

[spkguitar]

Ummm.... mac or windows?

[LennyK]

I'm running on a Mac and I'm still having the same problem.

[jeffro]

Where is the Xpand!.dat file located on your system?

Have you tried running the Set Xpand! Content Location application? You can download it from the Xpand! 1.0.1 page.

[LennyK]

I have not moved the .dat file.

Also, lately I have been having a few non ProTools related mac problems I have been unable to solve so I wiped the HD and reinstalled the OS. I installed PT 7.0, updated to 7.1, installed xpand 1.0.1 r2, and had the same problem. Just to clarify exactly what I am experiencing, here is one of Scott's articles on Xpand! (with pictures):

http://www.audiomidi.com/classroom/p...tcorner_16.cfm

when he says "I have chosen 14 E Pianos + Clav > 03 Tremolo Suitcase" the picture immediately following shows the menu I cannot get. this menu has the numbers in it (as in "14 E Pianos + Clav"). the only item I get is "factory default." this is very frustrating, all of the voices are there, just not the presets.

any ideas?

[LennyK]

I figured it out. It was a permissions problem. The xpand installer apparently set the permissions pretty rigid on the xpand presets folder (compared to all the other presets folder at least). I changed the owner of /Library/Application Support/Digidesign and all subfolders/files to the user I use to run protools and it seems to work fine now. Can't believe I didn't think of that months ago...

just reporting for other people's benefit