This is a guide for using a Download Manager to install on Windows. These steps are applicable to Omnisphere, Keyscape, Trilian, and Stylus RMX. 

After purchasing your instrument from our Webstore or requesting an additional download, you will receive an email which contains links for your download manager.

1. Click on the Download Manager for WIN link located in the email or in the web page that you were brought to after purchasing.

NOTE: If you don’t see the email with the download links be sure to check your spam folders. If you still aren’t able to find your download links please contact tech support for help.

2. After clicking on the link, the Download Manager .zip folder will be downloaded. Open your Downloads folder, click on the .zip folder, and select "Extract all".

3. Extract the folder to your Desktop. Make sure that "Show extracted files when complete" is selected. 

4. Once the folder has been extracted, go inside the instrument Download Manager folder and into the "DownloadManager" folder from there.

5. Once inside the "DownloadManager" folder, run the Downloadable Installer.exe file by double-clicking on it. 

6. The first window that opens up is the Download Manager prompting you to choose where to download the installation folder to. The default location is the Desktop. If you’d like to choose an alternative location, you can do so at this step by clicking on the Browse button (if you’re downloading to an external drive, be sure to choose a specific folder on that external drive).

NOTE: This is not where your instrument will be installed, this is the location the installation folder will be downloaded to.

7. After the download is complete, the installer should run automatically, and you can skip to step 10 of this article.

If for some reason the installer does not run automatically, locate the Installation folder inside the Spectrasonics Downloads folder that was downloaded. 

NOTE: If you don't see the Spectrasonics Downloads folder at first, try sorting by "Date modified" in File Explorer. Go back and check your Downloads folder, if needed.

8. Inside the Spectrasonics Downloads folder, you'll find the Installation folder.

9. Double-click to go inside the Installation folder. From there, double-click on the Windows folder and begin running the Downloadable Installer.exe

10. While running the Setup Wizard, you’ll be prompted to choose a location to install the 64bit VST plugin DLL file. Typically the default location is: C: ProgramFiles/ Steinberg/ vstplugins  

NOTE: If you have your own custom VST folder, then you can choose that file path instead

11. Next, you’ll be asked to select a location to install the large library (the STEAM or SAGE folder). The default location for the STEAM and SAGE folders are: C: Program Data/ Spectrasonics  

NOTE: If you wish to store the STEAM or SAGE folders on an external hard drive then choose a specifc folder in that alternative location during this step. If you’re installing onto an external hard drive, please refer to our External Hard Drive & SSD Format Guidelines for an optimal setup.

12. After installing, restart your computer then open up your instrument to authorize. Click here to navigate to our Authorization guide.