How can I move the Sequel Soundframe content files?

The installation of Sequel requires a few gigabytes of free space on the harddisk. The most space consuming part are the Soundframe content files of Sequel, these files contain all the audio loops for example. If you have the need to move these Soundframe content files to a new location (another harddisk or partition) after the installation of Sequel, you can do this following these steps:

Mac OS X

The installer of Sequel uses a default location to store the content files, which is on your system harddisk in "\Library\Application Support\Steinberg\SoundFrame". This folder contains 13 Soundframe files with a total size of ~5 GB. To move these files and to make sure that Sequel can find them in the new location, please do this:  

1. Create a new folder at the location, where you want the Soundframe content files to be placed, e.g. on another harddisk or partition, name the folder e.g. "Sequel Soundframe".
2. Now copy the 13 Soundframe content files to the new folder.
3. After that make sure to delete the files from the original location.
4. Now here is the trick: To make Sequel aware of the new location for the content you have to create Alias files (shortcuts) from each Soundframe content file to put these aliases into the folder "\Library\Application Support\Steinberg\SoundFrame".
5. To do this select all Soundframe content files from the new location, then open the right-click/context menu in the Finder and select "Create Alias".
6. Now drag all Alias-files into the folder "\Library\Application Support\Steinberg\ SoundFrame".

It sounds more complicated than it is actually. What happens is that Sequel always reads the Soundframe content from the folder "\Library\Application Support\Steinberg\SoundFrame". By placing Alias-files there, the search for content is routed to the new location automatically and is read from the new location instead.

PC Windows

The installer for Sequel uses a default location to store the content files, which is on your system harddisk in "\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\Soundframe". This folder contains 13 Soundframe files with a total size of ~5 GB. To move these files and to make sure that Sequel can find them in the new location, please do this:  

1. Create a new folder at the location, where you want the Soundframe content files to be placed, e.g. on another harddisk or partition, name the folder e.g. "Sequel Soundframe".
2. Now copy the 13 Soundframe content files to the new folder.
3. After that make sure to delete the files from the original location.
4. Now here is the trick: To make Sequel aware of the new location for the content you have to create shortcuts from each Soundframe content file and put these shortcuts into the folder "\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\Soundframe".
5. To do this select all Soundframe content files from the new location, then open the right-click/context menu in the Explorer and select "Create Shortcut".
6. Now drag all shortcut files into the folder "\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\ Soundframe".

It sounds more complicated than it is actually. What happens is that Sequel always reads the Soundframe content from the folder "\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\ Soundframe". By placing Shortcut-files there, the search for content is routed to the new location automatically and is read from the new location instead.

Additional advice...
When you start Sequel after moving the Soundframe content files, it can happen that Sequel presents a message asking you to locate the content files manually. You can ignore this message by clicking on "Ignore"! Sequel will continue to load and finds the content anyway. You can verify this by looking up the MediaBay if all loops are displayed as usual.