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.