Did I lose an Apple Loop?

Sorry if this is bit trivial:
I was messing around with LE this morning, and was setting up a bassline using 'Walking Upright Bass.' I think that Walking Upright Bass 3 was there, but now it isn't.
Could someone please confirm or deny the existence of 'Walking Upright Bass 3' and, if it does exist, please explain to me how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!
Glenn
PS, the loop in question doesn't show up in Garageband, either.
17" 2 GHZ Core 2 Duo iMac 2 gigs RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Okely dokely. From a quick run-through of the loops, I think that is the only one that isn't completely in sequence. Could be wrong, but....
Thanks for your reply!
Glenn

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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.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Barb
iMac G5 20 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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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Apple Loops from Regions problem...

Greetings,
    Having a problem when I add a region to Apple Loops in Logic Express 8....
      I've read some similar threads, but nothing that answers these issues..
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       to the 'Region' drop down menu and select the first option, 'Add to apple loops library'...
     I came across this process naturally and it seemed to work fine, but then some of the loops created
         acted differently than others. When I drag some of them into the Arrage area, and press play,
            they will playback no matter what position they are at.
        For example if I have a beat that starts at 1., but I have the recently added 'problem' loop at 4.,
          this 'problem' loop will play back from 1 as well, no matter if it's at 4, or 24...
       I'm not sure why this is happening to some and not others....???
          Did i accidentally do something to these that I didn't do to the others?
       Also, I figured I'd just delete them and create new ones, but then I couldn't find them ANYWHERE
          on my harddrive!!!???   I really don't get this one...
         I've read about the Apple Loops Utility now and I guess i should use that for future loop creation?
            I really don't understand how the loops I made are no where to be found, not even in the
                 Apple Loops/User Loops folder....
         Would really, really appreciate if someone could help w/ this conundrum!

Ouch.... That's a real bummer.
I would recommend trying the "re-conversion" with just a few loops and seeing how it works for you. I've had to do this before as well. I had a library from L7 that I had converted using ALU inside L8's arrange window. For some reason, the loops that I had never used in that project that I had converted were not converted after I deleted the project that I used them in... make sense? not to me either....
The whole Apple Loop Utility is awesomely useful sometimes and buggy to the point of frustration at others....
Also, is there any consistent pattern to the "off-timeiness" of the loops? (i.e: only midi loops, only audio loops, only slows down, only speeds up, "choppy", etc...)

Apple Loops Utility does not work at all for imported file

I have imported an MP3 into Logic Pro 8, which converts it to an AIFF file, and am trying to configure the project to sync to that tracks tempo. From what I understand, I do this by opening it in the ALU and having it add tempo information to the file.
My problem is that when I open the file in the ALU, and I have version 2.0.1, literally almost NOTHING works. I can hit the play/stop/jump to start buttons and they work. However, the volume control does nothing. Likewise, the Tempo slider as well as the transpose dropdown don't do anything.
On the Transients tab, the Transient Division dropdown and Sensitivity slider are grayed out. Since I've never used this tool before, I would assume that this is how I get the utility to detect the beats in the song. The waveform view just shows the song waveform, with no markers as it does if I open an Apple Loop.
If I switch to the Tags tab, ever single checkbox is grayed out. Finally, if I go to the file menu, all Save options are grayed out.
My first thought, is of course, that I'm just an idiot and that I don't know what I'm doing. However, in searching the forum, I found this post from a year ago where someone is complaining about what seems to be the exact same problem, and they did not receive a single response.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8516386&#8516386
Any ideas on either how to get ALU to work or to get my project to sync to the MP3 without requiring the ALU?
Thanks!
Mark

In case you are importing a whole track you won't get the results you are expecting with ALU....
Under *File Type* in the Tags tab select Looping so that the Transients Division and the rest of the settings be active.
Hope this helps
A

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.
Thank you!

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.
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Homemade Apple Loops (w/Loops Utility) won't show up in Loop Browser

I just finished making a whole batch of homemade Apple Loops. Through Logic I opened up each audio file in the Apple Loops Utility, marked its tempo, marked "Looped" and then did the transients window to make sure it sounded good, then did "Save" or "Save All" from the Apple Loops Utility task tray.
I then dumped that folder full of custom loops into my loop browser for catalog'ing, but for some reason only about 10 of them show up when I click "All" to see all the loops in that folder.
So I re-opened the entire batch in Apple Loops Utility and made tiny changes to each loop's transients, just enough to trigger the dot next to the loop that means "you need to save these changes" - and I resaved the entire batch.
Tried the add-to-loop-browser process again, and again, only those initial 10 loops showed up in the browser again. The remaining 190 won't pop up.
I can't figure out what's missing or what I did wrong. Any ideas?
Kirby

FIXED!
If you run into this same problem:
In order for your homemade loops to show up in Logic's Loop Browser, when in the Apple Loops Utility you need to select at least one "Descriptor" - if you don't, the loop won't appear in the browser. Even if you don't need a Descriptor, just batch-select all of your loops in the tray and then pick 1 Descriptor, resave, and re-drop into Apple's Loop Browser.
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Logic Pro, Apple Loops, and Restoring from Time Machine

I recently had to restore my Mac from a Time Machine backup, and like most things touched by Apple, the restoration worked flawlessly for all my stuff, with a few exceptions. Some 3rd party apps I use had problems with file permissions but most of it was quickly sorted out in under half an hour.
However, Logic Pro refuses to see the Apple Loops I have installed on my system. My Loops are stored in two folders at the following locations:
/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Apple Loops for Soundtrack/
/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro/
GarageBand has no problem seeing these, but Logic Pro can't find them, and won't let me show it where they are. The Apple Loop Utility found them alright, although I did have to show it where the files were kept. Any idea what's wrong?

You may need to rebuild the loops index.
Open up Logic and display the Loops Browser
Open up FInder and locate the folder containing the loops as you describe
Drag the loops folders onto the Loops Browser
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Pete

Logic referencing wrong apple loop after dragging from loop browser

(I am an X-Pro Tools Junkie) I am loving Logic.
I recently upgraded from Logic 7 on an old G4 to Logic 9 Studio on a MacBook Pro. I installed all my software and plugin’s fresh on the new machine. I opened up each projectindividually on my old machine and exporting the entire project and checked allthe boxes to copy all loops, audio files, settings, etc. to a new auxiliary hard drive. As a result,all my projects open up nicely on my new system.
I have a massive library of third party apple loopsincluding all 18 volumes of Drums On Demand. Also, I have the preferencechecked NOT to copy audio files to the session. Unfortunately, with thiscombination, when I drag and drop one of my Apple Loops into a project, ifthere is also a loop in the project folder of the same name, Logic isn’t referencingthe loop I am dragging, but the incorrect older one in the project folder. Thisis happening often, as Drums On Demand has a file naming system, so that theverse of each song-set is titled consistently, and so on. So if I have some drums in a project, and Iwant to try different drums, I have to physically copy them to the projectaudio folder, and then drag and drop from the finder, which simple isn’t asfun.
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Apple, maybe you can fix this in your next update.

I was having a similar problem. I had taken some aif files and converted them successfully into blue apple loops that responded to my songs tempos. they showed up in the loop browser.
However the next day when I tried to convert more audio file, I couldn't repeat the procedure that I did the day before. I'm baffled as to what I did right and now am doing wrong. I even tried opening the Apple Loop utility directly from the Library folder. Its goes through the process of creating the loops, I get to adjust transients and all, but it does not show up in the loops menus when I look for it.

Apple loops download doesn't work?

Just upgraded to a new iMac and noticed many of the standard Apple loops are greyed out. When I double-click one, I get:
"The Software Instrument or Apple Loop selected is not currently installed on your computer. Would you like to install the complete set of Garageband instruments and loops?"
Selecting "Download Now" and clicking "OK" causes Software Update to launch, but the latter tells me everything is up to date and it quits.
If I later go back and click on the missing loop again, I get:
"The Software Instrument or Apple Loop selected is currently being installed. You have already initiated the installation of additional content for GarageBand via Software Update. For additional information please open the 'Software Update' application."
Nothing is, of course, happening with Software Update. It quit thinking there was nothing to do, and opening it again will only result in the same message that everything is up to date. I can't figure out what to try next. Any suggestions?

I just went through this about five minutes ago; I'm running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, with iLife 11. My system was upgraded to both of these (I think it came with OS X 10.5 and iLife 9). The extra loops don't seem to be on either DVD, however if you reinstall the default loops package, that seems to kick things into gear.
No matter if I selected Download now or Download later, the loops refused to show up in Software Update.
Here is what worked for me:
Quit GarageBand
Insert the iLife 11 CD
Right-click on the "Install iLife" icon, and choose "Show Original"
Run the GarageBand_Loops.pkg package. Go through the installation, once that's done:
Open GarageBand
I then opened a song I'd made with loops.
Click on one of the missing loops. (Yes, they're still missing, but that's ok now)
Select Download Later.
Quit GarageBand
Run Software Update
The 1.2GB "GarageBand Instruments and Apple Loops" update showed up! Finally!
Let Software Update install it.
I just did this five minutes ago (May 20, 2011)
I just opened my song in GarageBand and all the loops that were missing are there now! Success!

Apple loops are greyed out

okay first off, if you try to give me a link to other FAQs it will not help as i have searched them already, only to find that they have helped me not in the least...
here is my problem
1. i make a new project 2. i go to the show loops in browser 3. when i go to the browser where the loops are they are there but greyed out 4. when i try to click on them it says "The Software instrument or Apple Loop selected is not currenlty installed on your computer. Would you like to install the complete set of GarageBand instruments and loops?" 5. i click yes to download now 6. it check for updates and then says your software is up to date 7. i try again and still the loops are greyed out.
at this point i am extremely mad and decided to look online for help
i followed some FAQs and decided to locate my loops folder which low and behold
EXISTS!! i decide to play the loops in quicktime and turns out they are working fine all 501 of them.
So why the DARN doesnt garageband recognize that these loops are installed and on mymac?
Please help

no man!! did you even read my post i said dont give me links!!!
i have been to that site and nothing in there helped me
unless i just dont know where to look, if so then do tell me...
although i am starting to believe you are a bot
which would be very lame

Best organizing practice for Apple Loops

Did a search for this, but to no avail.
I recently bought some big fish apple loops. They import beautifully using drag and drop, except for one thing:
On the big fish DVD, each folder of the loop is called something non-descript, like 'Eflat40bpmfull'. So in the loops browser, it's not really possible to search for some of these things, unless you have the original DVD open and know what you're looking for.
So how best to import these - or am I just not using the loops browser in the right way? One idea I had was to change the names of the loops before importing them, so they would be easier to locate, but I'm unsure if that destroys any of the looping tags on them.
Thoughts?

Hi Peter,
I don't think renaming them will destroy the metadata (tags).
If its a hassle renaming every one, maybe a workaround to aid searching, assuming they've come in various sub-folders depending on their content would be to drag & drop them onto the loop browser whilst inside their various folders, giving the folders descriptive names e.g. 'bigfish guitars' & 'bigfish drumfills' - then although the samples would still have their slighty useless names at least you could choose a folder from the jampack organiser drop down menu in the loop browser & flick through a lesser number of slightly uselessly named loops that are at least in the right ballpark for the type of thing you're looking for?
I do find it annoying when sample banks aren't practically named - although samplemagic do seem to have got it right on this count from what I've seen
Cheers
Adam

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

Hi...
I experimented with dragging in a SFX folder to the Logic Pro Loop Browser window. It asked me if I wanted to copy files to the Apple Loops folder or reference the original files, and I selected reference the originasl files.
The SFX files were then listed under the OTHER area of the View menu.
Question... HOW do I remove these SFX files/folder from the OTHER view menu?
I have tried deleting all of the Apple Loop Index files and that did not work.
I have tried deleting the actual SFX files/folders, and after they disappear, but when I restore the SFX files/folders to their source location they reappear in the logic browser view menu.
Is there some where else Logic stores Loop Browser reference data which can be deleted to remove these OTHER files/folders from the Loop Browser view menu?
Thanks

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.
That keeps my Logic loop browser more manageable and focused on composing.

Regarding apple loops that come with GB

I recently had help with reindexing my apple loops. After deleting all my loop indexes for both the Apple loops that came with GB and the ones I've bought from other sites, I dragged all the loop folders back into GB. I had no problems with dragging the user loops (the ones I bought) and reindexing them. However, for some reason, the apple loops folder that came with GB will not reinstall. The window comes up after I drag it into GB that it is reindexing and then the window comes up with me needing to sign in to ok the process. But when the reindexing is done and I go to show all to see if the apple loops are there, the only ones I can see under show all are the ones that I bought and downloaded. What is weird is that my apple loops that came with GB are on my hard drive as when I click on that folder (Mac hd/library/audio/apple loops/apple/apple loops for garageband) they are all showing there. I can click on them and the demo plays. When I check in the same path but choose apple loops index instead of apple loops, there are no indexes to be found (as should be as I dragged them earlier to trash), but obviously it means the reindexing wasn't done even though the window showed that the process was taking place. I still have all the indexes removed from both apple loops and user loops in my trash. I don't want to delete them in case I need to put something back to fix this problem.
Any help for me with this? I did do disk utility/repair permissions, but that doesn't seemed to have helped that problem as the list when it was finished did not include anything for GB. I really need to get these loops back in as I already have songs done for leading worship that need those loops.
Again, any help would be needed and much appreciated.
Steve

Let me know how it went if you do
i can't say i'm any clearer on the issue. another intel mac lists the premissions as
system Read/Write
admin Read/Write
everyone read Only
and a PPC shows
me
system
admin
others
all as Read/Write
maybe I should now remove myself from having permission to do it
without a more solid knowledge base from which to draw, it just seemed like a good idea. before i made a change like that and left it, i'd want to do a bit of reading on why permissions should/would be set the way they are. iow, find out if there's a reason i'm not listed, and granted full access as an admin.

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