Apple loops location question

why do some of the loops in the (assumed to be) default folder not appear in the garageband loop browser.
no drums seem to appear in the loop browser...

And when you click the "Drums" button, absolutely nothing shows up?

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    Can you some how bring up the selected transient spots of a created apple loop into Logic for chopping purposes? then import them into an exs instrument? and if so will the chops adjust accordingly when the tempo is changed on the transport?
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    Dah

    No,
    If you want to do that , you need to get Recycle from Propellerheads.
    The guys who make Reason,
    With Recycle, you can open a Wave or Aiff file, make the slice markers and save it as a Rex file.
    You can import a Rex file into EXS and do what you describe.

  • Apple loop playback question

    If I have an apple loop which I want to play at twice the tempo of the song I'm using it in, how do I do it? My song is at 80 bpm and when I drop my apple loop in I want it to play back at 160 bpm not 80 bpm. Is there an easy way to do this?

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  • Apple Loops rights

    An other Apple Loops copyright question:
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    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.
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    Is this to repackage them as music beds (Illegal)?
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    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,
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  • Apple Loops Questions

    1) Where does Logic store user-created loops that I've added to the library?
    2) What is the easiest/best way to convert a regular .aiff or .wav file into an apple loop?
    3) I'm getting a lot of artifacts when I use loops I created--even when the loop is being played back at the same tempo as the original! Is this normal? You'd think that if the original cut was 120 BPM, and I turn it into an Apple loop, and stick it into another project at 120 BPM, there should be no artifacts, right?
    4) Sometimes when I click "add to loop library" Logic won't let me select "looping" as an option. This is after I've already analyzed the cut in Apple Loops Utility. What's up with that?
    Any help, insight or guidance would be appreciated.
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    zgogor wrote:
    1/ apple loops folder / check them ....
    I see folders for all Apple's loops and jam packs, but nothing for my loops.
    Edit: Found them They are at:
    ~/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops
    Before I was checking the root /Library, which is why I couldn't find them.
    2/ apple loop utility application / check it ...
    I have been using it, but considering the strange behavior I'm getting (see question #3 and #4) I think I might be missing a step or doing it wrong. Right now I open an audio selection in Apple Loops Utility, fill in the tags, mess around with the transient sensitivity, then "save." So why can't I add it as a loop after that?
    3/ no of course.
    Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
    4/ add to appleloop library doesn't mean it is converted, check appleloop utilty first then add them to the Lib
    I did use the loop utility first. I mentioned that in my original post.
    Message was edited by: Zachary Conlyn
    Message was edited by: Zachary Conlyn

  • Logic 9 loops have disappeared and cant be located in Apple Loops Index folder

    my logic 9 loops have disappeared and cant be located in the Apple Loops Index folder. Folder is empty??????

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  • Changing the default location for apple loop libraries

    Hey. I've got a new external disk with a different name to my previous one. When logic loads, it looks for the apple loops in 500GB/samples... My new drive is 1TB/samples. Does anyone know where i should specify the location in logic as it is not currently loading the libraries. Thanks

    You have to re-index your Library by dragging/dropping the main Library folder into the Loop browser.

  • APPLE lOOP QUESTION

    Hey everyone,
    I bought a sample pack and its states its apple loop compatible, would anyone be able to explain the simplest way to install them as actual apple loops, its 750 mb.
    Is there a quick way to do them all at the same time? Thanks alot.
    Jason

    Hi Jason,
    If they are not packed in any way (.zip, .sit, .dmg etc.) you could simply move the folder containing the loops anywhere you like on any attached HD, open Logic and drag 'n drop your new loops folder onto the Loop browser. Logic indexes 'm, and they will be ready for use after a few minutes.
    regards, Erik.

  • Can't locate my user apple loops ?

    who can help I made some apple loops and imported a few, there in my loop browser and playable but I can't find them on my hard drive and there is no user-loop file ??/

    Hi
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  • Loop Browser - Removing files/folders not indexed in the Apple Loops Index

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    Success...
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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?).
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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=730936&tstart=0
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    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?
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    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

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  • Play Apple Loops "in the mix" is slow / unusable

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  • MIDI Banks and Apple Loops Trustworthy Downloads?

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