How to install N4 and libraries through Aquarius Desktop

Pre-requisites:

• Aquarius Desktop application 2.5 or higher.
• The N4 repository path is correctly configured in the Aquarius Desktop application settings (mandatory).
• Enough free space on the computer HDD or SSD.
• The same prerequisites for the Aquarius Desktop application.
  

The steps you should follow to install N4.5 or N4.5 Player are:

1. Restart your computer.
2. Start the Aquarius Desktop application and auto-update to version 2.5.x or superior if it is available. Do not run your audio host (DAW or NLE) yet.
3. Log-in on the Aquarius Desktop application with your email user-name and password.
4. Go to Aquarius Desktop application Settings, and then go to the Installation tab.
5. Set up the N4 repository path, or leave it as is, and the Aquarius Desktop application will use the factory default path.
6. Click on Save.
7. Go to the Aquarius Desktop application Purchased page.
8. Browse to the NEBULA section, and you will find N4.5 and N4.5 Player. Remember that the two products cannot coexist. 
9. Select the plug-in format to install: VST2, VST3, AAX, or AU (macOS only).
10. Click on the install button.
11. The Aquarius Desktop application will download, install and authorize your product.

NOTES:

• You can not manually move the N4 repository folder after installation; the product will stop working.
• To change the N4 repository folder path, you should uninstall N4 or N4 Player, then correctly set up the new N4 repository path and reinstall N4 or N4 Player.
• Each N4 or N4 Player format will be installed in its corresponding location, but all of them will use the same N4 repository folder.
• N4 and N4 Player CAN NOT coexist, and by installing both, the product will not work anymore, avoid it.

The steps you should follow to install an Acqua library  or Nebula library for N4 (or N4 Player) are:

1. Restart your computer.
2. Start the Aquarius Desktop application and auto-update to version 2.5.x or superior if it is available. Do not run your audio host (DAW or NLE) yet.
3. Log-in on the Aquarius Desktop application with your email user-name and password.
4. If you have not yet installed N4 or N4 Player, this is the right time to install it.
5. If you have an old N4 or N4 Player version, this is the right time to update to the latest version.
6. Go to the Aquarius Desktop application Search page.
7. Search the library you wish to install.
8. Click on the more (or install) button.
9. Select N4 as a plug-in format to install.
10. Click on the install button.
11. The Aquarius Desktop application will download, install and authorize your product.

NOTES:

• You can not manually move the N4 repository folder; the product will stop working.
• To change the N4 repository folder or a library path, you should uninstall the library and N4 or N4 Player.
• N4 and N4 Player CAN NOT coexist, and by installing both, the product will not work anymore, avoid it.

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