Deleting from the loop browser

Is there a way to delete loop names from the loop browser drop down list and the actual loops themselves? I inadvertently (sp?) added loop folders that I had bought and downloaded to the loop browser without first naming the loop folders being added. So I now have a few generically named "apple loops" in the loop browser drop down list. I have since renamed the original folders and added it to the loop browser. I now have 2 copies of loop names in the drop down list; the only difference being the generic "apple loops" as opposed to the specific name of the loop folder added. I'm assuming I also now have two copies of the loops themselves since the names in the drop down list are different, which, of course, means more HD space being taken up. I cannot find anything about deleting this. I can't believe there isn't a way to do this. Any help?
Steve

reindex your loops:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#reindex
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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Some Apple Loops refuse to index when dropped onto the Loop Browser

I'm hoping somebody has a fix for this odd problem. Some of the Apple Loops which came with version 1.0.1 refuse to index via the loop browser.
First off, I had to re-install GarageBand 1.0.1 after an invalid library error message appeared after upgrading to Tiger. The re-install wasn't completed totally and it did the same thing on 2 attempts. The next error message was: Apple Loops are missing, or something to that effect. I had to install the Apple Loops found in HD->Library->Application Support->GarageBand by dropping them onto the GarageBand Loop Browser at the bottom of its window. It indexed them, they appeared, and I was happy.
Today, for some reason, I looked through the loops folder mentioned above and noticed about one third of the loops do not appear in the Loop Browser, naturally some really neat stuff is missing! So I decided to drag & drop these Apple loop files onto the browser individually. It says it's indexing them, althought the guitar icon in the dock jumps while doing so, but they never appear and don't show-up in the search box either. They can however be dropped onto the Timeline from the Finder and will play as a music file. The problem is that I cannot listen to them from the loop browser for easy selecting when arranging.
Is there any way to get these stubborn Apple files to appear & play in the Loop Browser? I was hoping they could be added via the Timeline to the Loop Browser, but have had no success. Also, I tried the Apple Loops Utility thinking maybe the appropriate tags were missing, but can't figure out what is missing, if anything.
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The Loop Browser filters what it displays by only showing loops in the same Time Signature as the song you've created, and within 2 semitones of the Key your song is in.
You can change the latter by tuning off Keyword Browsing in GB's preferences.
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What's the trick? Can't delete loops from Garageband loop browser.

Am I missing something? I've tried to delete 3rd party loops directly from the Garageband loop browser, but could not. It wouldn't work in Garageband 08, and it won't work in '09.
These loops were all added to the library by drag and drop into the loops browser.
Is there something I need to do with file permissions?

I think you can only delete loops from the browser that you created yourself with GB.
Just delete the loops in the Finder and re-index everything.

I have some loops from acid 5 which I have dragged in a folder to the loop browser. Some of them retain the folder name in the View: and some don't. I have had some that seem to go in but I can't find them. Where should I look?

I have some loops from acid 5 which I have dragged in a folder to the loop browser. Some of them retain the folder name in the View: and some don't. I have also had some that seem to go in but I can't find them. If I try to add them again, I get a msg that they are already there. Where should I look?

It may be best to recreate the folder and the smart playlists from scratch.
tt2

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Why was the "browse backward" feature deleted from the latest version of iPhoto?

no i do not - there is an Aperture forum - give it a shot - I've not seen that posted here though
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When I Drag Loops To The Loop Browser...

All my loops are in the folder /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Apple Loops. I dragged them over from the finder to the loop browser in GB, and it looks like it copied all of them to another folder user/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops/GarageBand/Apple Loops. ***?! What a mouthful. Is this the new default location for all of my loops? Can I change that? Can I erase the Application Support/Garageband folder now? I would like to reclaim the 12+ GB of space.

As far as I can make out GB needs to store your loops in both Application Support and Audio. The Application Support/GB folder also contains other resources, such as software instruments and channel presets etc., so DON'T DELETE IT!!
In the Audio folder the GB loops will normally be stored in Apple Loops/Apple/Apple Loops for GarageBand, not in the User Loops Folder. When you dragged them to the browser, GB thought they were a new set of loops and put them in User Loops; so as long as they are still in Apple Loops/Apple/Apple Loops for GarageBand, go ahead and delete them from the User Loops folder. Like I said above, GB seems to store the loops in two locations by default (no Idea why), and I think it's best not to screw around with stuff in the Library under OSX.
BTW, why did you drag them to the browser in the first place? Had they not appeared there when you installed?

Folders in the Loop Browser

Hey all,
I'm having some trouble with the loop browser. I just downloaded a remix pack(folder) and dragged it onto the loop browser. Before when I did this with other packs, I could select from the "All" menu and go to "others", which would list the folders I had dragged. But this time this folder didn't create an option to select in the menu. Any help would be awesome!!!
(btw I'm running Logic 7)
Cheers!
Tad Nicol

Success...
OK I found the solution.
1) I deleted the SFX audio files from the referenced HDD source location.
2) I opened Logic and re-index the Loop Browser.
3) I quit Logic and copied the SFX files back to the HDD.
When I opened Logic this time, the SFX files/folders referenced under the OTHER menu were gone.
Because I have a huge production music & SFX library, the best way to audition these sources for use in a Logic project, is to audition in iTunes and then just drag whatever I need right from within itunes into the Logic project.
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Simple question regarding the loop browser

Unless the loop is in a time different from 4/4
shouldnt every loop ( orchestral etc etc ) that is dragged over the loop browser be
incorporated into the loop browser and if the loops name is typed in should appear
in the browser?
is this written in stone?

No, by default you are only shown loops that are within 2 semitones of your song's key (and drum loops of course which have no key). There's an option in the prefs that you can uncheck to see all loops in your song's time signature (look for "keyword browsing").

"Only files in Apple Loops format will be shown in the loop browser".

I recorded a Drum loop from my Korg m50 workstation into logic pro 9.
After recording i tried to import that loop into Apples loop library. After doing so i get this message.."Only files in Apple Loops format will be shown in the loop browser."
What do i do?
Please help.
Thanks
Rohan

I've recently gotten this error when I try to drag an audio file into the loops library (to create an apple loop.)
Comes along with Result Code=-43.
I'm trying to quantize some rhythmic loops using flex, then turn them into apple loops for the library.
My process:
Take original audio.
Flex it using slice mode.
Bounce in place.
Drag new region into Loops browser.
Errors ensue.

Can the loop browser be modified with ones own way of sorting loops

It has become a burdeon and very difficult to work effectively with GB3 loops. Can i somehow name the different categories my own way! like electric guitars distorted, elec gtrs riffs,
changing the name of these NONHELPFUL categories to suit my own HD arranged loops. In using this loop browser it takes so much time to find what im looking for and this could i think be made easier if i could make my own categories in the browser. Im asking for too much arent i?
do all of you use the favorites?
that would be too cumbersome also.
no way around all this overwhelming amounts of sounds loops fonts. How do you all arrange this in an orderly fashion or do you just use ten basic instruments/loops?
would like to hear from you all

Do you really have only one copy of each? Do a Finder/Spotlight search. There are several places where the loops could show up:
- the general Library/Audio folder
- the user Library/Audio folder
- the general Library/Application Support folder
- the User Library/Application Support folder
Did you install over an old version of GB? That might explain the duplicate loops. And the "single" loops that were either part of your old installation and not of GB3 or vice versa.
In order to repair that, you should trash the duplicate loops and the content of the Loops Index folder and then drag the remaining loops into the loop browser.

Imported loops are missing in the loop browser

I have been having this problem ever since I purchased my mac last September. I tried upgrading to iLife '05 and Garageband 2 to try and fix the problem to no avail. I have checked (and doublechecked) the loop indexes for Garageband. There are three of them. The first is for the original loops included in Garageband. Then there is the single loops folder. Finally, there is the loop index of my Soundtrack Loop library that I am trying to import. I should note, here as well that it HAS successfully indexed the entire Soundtrack Loop library. Even the loops that don't show up in the loop browser are accounted for in the loop index. Also, I have confirmed that all of the actual files are where they are supposed to be, referenced to by the index. I have tried reinstalling Garageband 2 twice, and found no change. Any other advice in this realm would be hot.
Thanx,
Ben

That's correct, 2 semitones. And of course you don't turn off the keyword browsing with this checkbox, you can still browse the loops by keywords. You turn off the "filter for better results" that doesn't show you the loops that are more than those 2 semitones away from the key that you set for your song. What you can't turn off is that the loop browser only shows you loops that match the measure of your song - so you get very few when you use an exotic measure.

I have had a reinstall nightmare getting my loops back they are in the apple library, I can access them through the media browser but I only have a few available through the loop browser, how do I get them all back there again? please help

I have had a reinstall nightmare getting my loops back they are in the apple library, I can access them through the media browser but I only have a few available through the loop browser, how do I get them all back there again? please help

"Where do I find my hundreds of dollars of downloads I have done since 2005?"
They will only be where you put them If you are doing the very basics, then they will be on your computer and they will be in your backup copy of your computer.
The itunes store is not global at all, never has been. You cannot redownload your content from another country. You can only use the countrys itunes store for the country that you are physically located.

Loop plays in the loop browser but not on the track

Hi,
I've been having this problem for a while and reinstalling the whole program doesn't help either.
I am running Logic Pro 8.02 and when I click on the loop such as "RnB beat 01" in the loop browser, it plays fine but when I drag it into the track I get a message saying "EXS24 instrument “Pop Kit.exs”: Audio file “TTHI11X04.aif” not found!".
Does anyone know what's going on here?
Why would a file be missing if it can play it in the browser???
This happens with several other loops also.
Some AIF files and some Caf files.
Thanks so much!
Message was edited by: Jisung Choi

This is because it is a green loop, which when dragged to a Software Instrument track, will load an EXS instrument. To play it as audio, drag it to an Audio track.
To rectify the missing sample from the EXS kit, reindex Spotlight for the disk the sample is supposed to be on (probably your startup disk.
To reindex a disk:
Open Apple menu > System Preferences > Spotlight
Click Privacy tab
Drag disk to list. Wait 4 seconds. Now hit the -(minus) button to remove the disk from the privacy list. Reindexing will start within about 20-30 seconds, and will take 10-30 minutes, depending on what's on the disk.
After that, the sample will probably load. If not, reinstall "core" Logic.

Student lost ability to audition loops within the loop browser

Colleagues,
My students were composing songs using GarageBand 3.0.4 in our Mac Lab.
Two of my students showed me that, after they'd laid down three or four tracks by dragging loops into the main window, they could no longer get loops to play inside the loop browser. They would click on a loop, and nothing would happen.
The loop would play once it was clicked and dragged into the window, but it would not play from inside the loop browser.
Does anyone have any idea what my students might have done that could cause them to be unable to audition loops from within the loop browser?
Thanks in advance for any insight you might be able to provide.
Paul Daniels
Pennridge Central MS
144 North Walnut Street
Perkasie, PA 18944

Just drop them on the Loop Browser and the rest should be taken care of.

Adding loops to the loop browser.

I'm using mac os 10.4.11. I have placed all my loops on an external hard drive.
1) Are only apple loops allowed to be added or aiff loops in general as well?
2) when adding loops to the loop browser should one add an entire folder if they are in a folder or just the files within a folder? I added a folder of flutes but can not find flutes anywhere in the loop browser file list.
3) As I didn't want the loops within the jam pack voices, and rhythm section installer packages to be added to garageband I removed the loops folders from the packages, and dropped them onto the loop browser. When looking in the jam pack management it shows the rhythm section but not the voices. When I again attempted to drop the voices folder it said it was already there, although I still can't see it.
4) Once I understand how to do this correctly should I trash the loop browser apple loops index file and re-drop all the loops on the browser again to get everything cataloged correctly?
Thank you,
Robert

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