Sample Manager Stuck on “Starting Up… Checking Database”

Issue: Sample Manager hangs on startup with a message about checking the database.

Cause: Corrupted or malformed database file.

Fix:

1. Close Sample Manager completely.
2. Navigate to your system folder:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ADSR
• Windows: %AppData%\ADSR

1. Delete or move the .db3 database file to a backup location.
2. Restart Sample Manager. It will generate a fresh database.

Note: You will lose tags and collections, but the sample folders will remain.