Apple Loops Custom brower (adding samples)

Does anyone know if it's possible to custom change the category of music you put your loops into? For example I create 3 samples and would like to add them to apple loops utility so during production I can test them out over other parts in a song to see if they go. But the question is how exactly do you get your custom loops in a custom created folder you made within apple loops. What is the fastest method for this.
sorry for the repeated post just wanted to start fresh over and make sure I had the correct question across.

What works for me:
Create a new folder in ~/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops with any name you want. Drop your new loops into that folder, and drop that new folder on to the Loop browser window for indexing. You may (or may not) have to restart Logic - I don't remember…

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Apple Loops rights

An other Apple Loops copyright question:
Let's say I use some Apple Loops in a 5 min contest video in order to sell it to the contest host (So he has a reference for this years contest). Might be uploaded on youtube + their site.. Would that be a problem?
Description of usage:
I have two Apple Loops and one of my own samples playing on and off, but the two Apple Loops have more playtime and they're at a low volume when people speak and such which is for the most part of the video. They fade out come in again etc.
These two audio files (Apple Loops) including my own sample, have nothing done to them other than being mixed and arranged in one track.
Other than that, no further self compositions added. And if it makes any difference, my own sample is played in the middle of the video.
So, one Apple Loop in the beginning section mine in the middle and another Apple Loop at the end section.
Is this to repackage them as music beds (Illegal)?
Or is the "soundtrack" original (Am I cleared)?
Thanks in advance!

Hello Apostolos S. Makedon,
It may be helpful to review this article concerning Apple loops and rights issues:
Using royalty-free loops in GarageBand with commercial work
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2931
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

I'm wondering about using Apple loops in music. Is it ok to do so to make music for people to hear, without it being sold. And how do you get permission to use them in music to sell?

I'm wondering about using Apple loops in music. Is it ok to do so to make music for people to hear,like on soundcloud or other websites, without it being sold. And how do you get permission to use them in music to sell?

From the LOGIC STUDIO SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT :
C. Except as otherwise indicated, you may use the Apple and third party audio file content (including, but not limited to, the Apple Loops, built-insound files, samples and impulse responses) (collectively the “Audio Content”), contained in or otherwise included with the Apple Software, on aroyalty-free basis, to create your own original soundtracks for your film, video and audio projects. You may broadcast and/or distribute your ownsoundtracks that were created using the Audio Content, however, individual Apple loops, audio files, sound settings, samples and impulse responsesmay not be commercially or otherwise distributed on a standalone basis, nor may they be repackaged in whole or in part as audio samples, soundfiles, sound effects or music beds.
This means, you can use all Apple Loops in your music, they're royality-free.
Best,
DaCaptain

Can automator turn thousands of samples into Apple Loops? (VSL rep/runs)

Hello everyone,
First off, I'm familiar with how to build my own apple loops and find them to be VERY useful, especially in the application I'm about to describe. However, I find it quite tedious to build them manually, especially when dealing with thousands of samples. Thus I'm looking for the best/easist way to create apple loops, hopefully using Tigers "automator."
Heres my situation: I use/love VSL sample libs, which contain many articulations/phrases, but some of these are "tempo specific" such as the numerous instrument runs, repetition files, glissandos, crescendos, etc, and when doing a film score I cannot let tempo specific files dictate the tempo of the piece (the film does that). Thus I've started taking some of the VSL samples (especially the repetition and runs) and turning them into apple loops, which conform to the tempo of the piece. Within reason, the results are WONDERFUL allow me to continue to use these very realistic phrases at almost any tempo!
However, I've grown tired of manually converting these files to apple loops, and thus have only converted a handful of these phrases into apple loops. Whats worse is when I'm forced to stop the creative process to turn a phrase into an apple loop only to find that after all that time creating the loop, it doesnt work!
Is it possible to use Tigers automator to automatically convert .wav files into apple loops? This would be a great time saver, and would possibly allow for turning the thousands of samples into apple loops. Anyone currently doing this type of thing? Is it worth it in the end?
Thanks in advance for any help/tips you can provide.

Hi Jonathan,
You can use Logic to create AIFFs of these files very quickly.
Then, open them in ALU.
Select all files.
Change 1 field.
Save.
You now have Apple Loops -- they will have a few few things automatically inserted such as guessed tempi -- they will almost always be set to 4/4 to the tempo closest to 120(?)... but they will load and many will load usably for your needs.
Now, I don't know exactly what you are facing with this concept but it sounds like a very big job and this will still leave much time hand tuning. If this is true, I recommend you have a look at Accelerando:
http://www.eigentoneresearch.com/Accelerando.html
Accelerando contains several tools which will substantially decrease the tedium - and yes, it does use Automator. It works directly with Logic Pro, Apple Loops Utility - and more. Ultimately, you may be able to create workflows which handle this task with 1 gesture per Apple Loop - although a large library of workflows would be required to accomplish this to most users expectations so 2 or more gestures is more likely. of course, you can try to set up a more intelligent scheme if, say, the files can be filtered by an attribute such as their name.
J
Per Apple's TOU, I am required to state my affiliation with Eigentone Research.
I Developed Accelerando

Not able to increase gain of blue Apple Loop in Sample Editor, even when I bounce in place

As far as I understand things, bouncing in place creates a new audio file that you can alter at will. I have a blue Apple Loop from Logic's library that I want to permanently change the gain on. I can bounce in place but all the functions in the sample editor are greyed out, thus not allowing me to change the gain. The loop is a surround sound loop, I don't know if that matters. It's happened to me in stereo so I don't think so.

Finaly i was able to solve the problem.The other machine was having some firewall blocking the receiver.

Adding presumed APPLE loops to GB3/browser

okay
cut me a break here.
I just downloaded about 30 Apple loops by Smart media.
They are aiffs. Some have wavs.
what are the exact intelligent steps to take to get these inside GB3 so that they are indexed and ready to be called up by typing their name? This is not as easy as you think.
they are loops for electric guitar, bass and percussion.
I have the appropriate folder in my HD. But what must i do to get them properly as per protocol to land inside the browser and be usable. Thanks for the lesson.
( I loaded them in the folders. I then dragged them onto the browser and they just cant be found )

i work on a 2 computer set at home 1pc and 1 mac...on the pc i use acid and i have thousands of loops i love and i wanted to use on gb , so i put them on a disk and added them to my itunes folder so when i click on the eye icon on the lower right corner i can axcess these loops and add them to my songs..so i suggest mabe something like that

Adding apple loops?

Hi guys,
Wonder if you can help me with this.
I have a few Big Fish sample cd's that have apple loops on them, is there a way I can add them so they show up in the logic apple loops browser in the appropriate section?
Where would I need to copy them? I have all my samples on an external hd so would it be possible to reference them to show up in the browser??
Many thanks in advance.

Hello,
I am having trouble making my own apple loops and am hoping someone can helo: When I highlight an audio region in the arrange window, use the "add to apple loops library" under the local region command, the loop shows up in the apple loops browser, but it is an empty audio region when i drag into the arrange window to an audio track. when i drag a midiloop into the browser, it seems to work out fine, and i can create a green apple loop, but not with audio. i've noticed, that the loops are saved under users/library/apple loop/user loops/single files, but even when i try to import the audio files from this folder as audio into the arrange window or audio window, they still come up as empty files. can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
thanks in advance.
dave

Flex sampling frequency changes when I use it with apple loops

Flex sampling frequency changes when I use it with apple loops in a 24 bit 88.2 project

sorry !
Flex changes sampling frequency when I use it with apple loops in a 24 bit 88.2 project

[svn] 1053: Basic and custom security-constraint samples were added to the team app mainly for the doc team to have a reference .

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Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-04-01 11:35:28 -0700 (Tue, 01 Apr 2008)
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blazeds/branches/3.0.x/apps/team/features/security-constraints/README.txt
blazeds/branches/3.0.x/apps/team/features/security-constraints/securityConstraint_Basic.m xml
blazeds/branches/3.0.x/apps/team/features/security-constraints/securityConstraint_Custom. mxml
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blazeds/branches/3.0.x/apps/team/features/remoting/remoting_AMF_SecurityConstraint_Basic. mxml

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How To Convert Aif Samples Into Apple Loops

i have a aif library of samples i want to convert into apple loops. to function the same as apple loops and catagorize them. whats the best way to do this?
thanks

It doesn't know, just guesses based on length assuming common time, from what I have witnessed. So, if your loop is in 3 ( for example ) or the original tempo is far from 120-ish ( as in, much closer to 60 or 240 ) you will probably have to set those tags manually. Otherwise, determining tempo from length is a pretty simple calculation.
J

Strange Error Message after Adding Apple Loops to Arrange Page

after dragging some apple loops onto arrange page. i'm getting this error message." audio file "drone Bellos 01 .caf hasn't got sufficient access privilidges so the overview canot be saved. any ideas why this is happening?
thanks

Yes, some of the Apple loops are protected (Jobs knows why). You can change this by searching the file in the finder with spotlight, then hit apple+i->menue opens->click into the lock->set your permissions to "read and write"->done. Unfortunately this procedure has to be performed seperately for each protected loop.

New Apple Loops aren't showing in Loops Library.

After adding gigs of sample libraries to the Apple Loop folder this morning, only the drums/drum kits of those libraries are showing in Logic's loop library. I've already deleted all of the index files, reindexed the library several times, and it's still not showing anything other than drums, even though in Finder, all of my samples are there. AIFF and Wav.
My sample libraries added prior to this morning still work. I have over 120 gigs of samples. I'm not sure if Logic has issues with large libraries or not, but this is a bit frustrating. Maybe someone can help? Thanks.

It does not work. Mav even if the files are converted to AIFF it can only be seen in the Apple Loops Utility. You can not see them in Loops browser in Logic.
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Insrument missing when using green Apple Loop

Greetings,
When dragging the green Apple Loop "Bread and Butter Bass 09" onto an audio instrument track in my arrange window, the result sounds very different than dragging the loop onto an audio track. When clicking on the "Bass" on the I/O of the channel strip of the instrument track, a small beige colored window pops up which says that it is the EXS24... which looks much different than the large green EXS24 (I presume the large green window is for the sampler and the other is not?).
Anyway, the EXS24 screen for bass says "MISSING: Thumbstroke Bass". Doing a search for Thumbstroke Bass reveals that there are three related files for this instrument on my system, and the file paths for each related file are as follows...
For Thumbstroke Bass.pst... Hardrive/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library/Plug-In Settings/Bass/Thumbstroke Bass.pst.
For Thumbstroke Bass.exs... Hardrive/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument/Library/Sampler/Sampler Instruments/Thumbstroke Bass.exs.
And for Thumbstroke Bass.cst... Hardrive/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument/Library/Track Settings/Software/Bass/Thumbstroke Bass.cst.
How can I get the green Apple Loop in my instrument track to sound similar to the way it sounds in the Loop Browser? If the problem is the missing instrument above (Thumbstroke Bass), then how can I get this instrument into my EXS24? Do all three files above need to be put into a special place?
I performed a scan update in my project manager... thinking that this would insert the necessary files into my EXS24, but I noticed no change in the menus on my EXS24 (the ? sampler too).
Thank you for the help...
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks to all for the very helpful responses.
Regarding Bee Jay's post...
The version of Logic that I am running is 7.2.3.
I recently added an extra internal hardrive (Seagate 500 gig, 7200 RPM) and installed the most up to date Tiger OS. I then installed Logic 7.01... a few weeks later, I upgraded Logic directly from 7.01 to 7.2.3 (bypassed 7.1).
In the process, I copied my garage band folder and portions of my Logic folder from my Seagate to my LaCie external hardrive with the goal of accessing instruments and samples from my LaCie. During recording, Logic is running on my Seagate, but the recording path records to my original hardrive. I noticed last night that the garage band folders on my LaCie and Seagate did not have the Thumbstroke Bass sample instrument files... whereas my original MacIntosh HD does have those files.
When installing the Tiger OS on my Seagate, I wanted to do a fresh clean install, and did not use Migration Assistant, and did not transfer any files from my MacIntosh HD which had Panther on it at the time. When updating to Tiger on the MacIntosh HD, I did a simple update preserving previous pref files, etc. (which explains perhaps why the Thumbstroke Bass files were not deleted on the MacIntosh HD).
I have some idea of some of the reasons this can happen.
The Garagaband instruments like "Bass", "Drums" and so on, are basically mini EXS24's. If you have a "Drums" instrument loaded, and load an EXS24 instead, the same instrument remains loaded and you can play it in the full EXS24 as normal.<<</div>
Yes, I have noticed the same above...
It turns out that there is a small amount of sample content that must be in a preset location - if it's not, Logic does not initialise any of the mini-EXS24's, and trying to load content that requires them will fail.<<</div>
Thank you, that makes sense.
My mini-EXS24's do seem to initialize, but they have the message "MISSING: Thumbstroke Bass". I presume that the small amount of sample content that *must" be in a preset location is not there... the question is... How do I get it there?
Try going to an instrument insert slot, and see which of the Garageband instruments you have available. In 7.1.x, there should be about 15 or so instruments - if you can only see about 9 or so, and can't see "Hybrid-basic" and so on, then this is an indication that you may have missing or moved Garageband content.<<</div>
My instrument slots show about 15 or so instruments under the Garageband instruments, and the "Hybrid-basic" is there. Should I be able to find "Thumbstroke Bass" in the instrument slot menu also? (so far, I have not been able to find it)
See my thread here for more details on this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=730936&tstart=0
Have a look and see whether this might be the problem you are having.
If not, then get back to me, it might be a case of your sampler instruments or samples not being found.<<
Very helpful thread... I see some parallels to my current problem. You wrote that you had aliased your "entire AppSupport/Garageband library to an external drive, which works fine with Logic and Garageband except the sample based instruments in Logic - they seem to ignore the alias and hence can't locate the *.exs and/or the samples which they need." At the time, I did not know that I needed to create aliases, but I think that aliases were effectively created when I simply clicked and dragged the files from one drive to another, correct?
The next step that you wrote about puzzles me... You wrote, "So after a big of re-jigging the library files around, I've ended having the "Sampler -> Sampler Files -> Hybrid Synthesisers" samples and the instrument settings in the real AppSupport/GB directory, with all the rest of the samples and GB loops on the external drive." I am confused as to which files and their paths that you are referring to...
Don't forget that "Scan" in the Project manager does not change anything.<<</div>
I see!
I had forgotten that, and yes, it did not change anything.
In order to relink your files, you'll have to perform the "Resolve instruments" option, which goes and relinks sampler instruments with their required samples.<<</div>
THANKS!
However, after opening the Project Manager, I cannot find anything in the drop-down menus for "Resolve instruments". How do I get there? Do I need to do another scan to get there?

Re indexing issues in Apple Loop Browser (LP 9.0.2 / OSX 10.6.1 / Digi 002r

I'm trying to re index my loop browser in LP9 / OSX10.6.1
Are you having the same problem?
After trashing the 'Apple Loop Index', I pull in a folder from an external drive and notice that previous folders added to my browser have gone, including Jam Packs.
Also, I can't find the 're-index' option within the loop browser search option (right click brings down a list but the re-index option isn't there)
Interested to see whet you find.

Yep, I also had issues, where indexing the LP8 way (dragging folders with loops from the Finder onto the Logic loop browser) just bluffed to work (I dropped the folder on the LB, a progress window appeared, things apparently got done, but then nothing, no new entries in the Loop Browser.
So it seems that it is a L9 problem, since our Macs' are different in every aspect (Me: PPC- you: Intel, me: Leopard- you: Snow Leopard).
I finally decided to put all my loops in their default install locations and reindex them from there:
*Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple:*
Jam Pack 4 - Symphony Orchestra
Jam Pack Voices
Jam Pack World Music
*Library/Audio/Apple Loops/iLife Sound Effects:*
(13 folders)
*Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops:*
(some folders with my own and 3rd party Loops)
*Library/Application Support/Garageband/Apple Loops:*
Apple Loops for Garageband
Jam Pack 3- Rythm Section
for thorough reindexing, here are the steps:
1. Quit Logic and/or any other app that uses Apple Loops.
2. Go to all the locations I pointed out and trash all the index files from the *Apple Loops Index* folders. Also check the same locations in your Users/'you'/Library folder.
3. Start Logic with a new empty project, open the loop browser window by hitting the o key. Now drag the folders mentioned above in bold onto your loop browser. Logic should now index them correctly, including the foldermenu !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4085966954bf4fc039d7o.png! in the loop browser.
regards, Erik.

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