Finding audio files.

I inadvertedly saved some audio files to the desk top. When I put them in the right folder and went back to the song it asked where are the files? How do you tell Logic to look in a diffrent place to find them?

Open the Project Manager and either add the path to its search paths, or have it do an extended search. That should aid Logic in finding your audio files.
jord

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I've downloaded it twice already. You can't download what is not there.

"Cannot Find Audio File", Garageband

Mac OS X version 10.6.8
GarageBand 08-Version 4.1.2 ·(248.7)
This is a issue which goes back to 2005 on some forums, and in my case, has just occured. There seems to be thousands of people effected. After 3 years of using GarageBand for language studies, I'm now afraid to open any file with this software. Some 3 years work potentially lost.
Please don't suggest I upgrade my software. This problem occurs in all versions of Garageband and OSX. I was thinking of buying a new MacPro but so far I could not risk it with this problem unresolved.
When I try to open a file, which up to recently functioned perfectly, I get a message "Audio File Not Found...Skip or Search". Regardless of which option I chose, a file opens but with no audio content.
Below are extracts from some of the solutions I've come accross on Forums.None have worked for me, despite some promising suggestions.
For instance I don't have "Working Copies" file on my computer.
Any comments from Apple would be appreciated.
Extracts from some previous Contributions
1. Quit GarageBand.
2. Goto /Users/<your username>/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Working Copies
3. Delete the Guitar Lesson 2_Chords - G, C
4. Start GarageBand up and enjoy Lesson 2.
If i had to guess i would say it looks like there is a cache created when you start a lesson and it must be easily corrupted.
It may have happened to me by having a download interrupted and I tried to run the Lesson anyway. Or perhaps trying to run the lesson mid download, i believe i may have tried that too in my impatience waiting for the Lesson. Either of those scenarios i could envision creating a corrupt "working copy."
You went to the Library file path that is in your user folder. You must go to Macintosh HD and go to the main Library folder and follow the path Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Garageband/Learn to Play. Then you can delete the lessons you don't want.
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Re: garageband saying "audio file not found"
Apr 29, 2012 11:59 PM (in response to cole91)
Hm. Saving the project might have actually killed your recording. The only way to get back to your audio clips is: locate your project in the finder, ctrl-click it, select "Show Package Content", and look into the Media folder. If the folder is empty, I'm afraid the recordings are gone for good.

Edi,
there is something completely wrong. You should see the following options:
Does your song project show with the Guitar icon and the filename extension "band"?
And does it say "Kind: GarageBand project", when you select the package in the Finder?

GB3 BUG or 10.4.4 BUG or BOTH Bugged! cant find Audio Files (APPLE READ)

my set ups; G5 QUAD 4GB OS X.4.4 GB 3.0 same exact GB song
G5 2.5DP 2.5GB RAM OS x.3.9 GB 2.02 same song
when i load some GB2 songs done on OS 10.3.9 into new up to date set up the QUAD with GB 3.0 and 10.4.4 i get this message while the song is loading alot ( one example )
EXS 24 instrument "Funk HOrn Section.exs"
Audio file "Brass fall Sh 2 C#.AIF" not found, yet it is there in the sampler files of the Gb 3 folder as well as in the Gb 2 folder on both computers. These are software instruments that when clicked on ( in track ) are silent. double click and they open up in the new GB3 track info window and are silent. apparently for some reason in
Gb3 or in 10.4.4 they are not being read. this is happening more than once!!!!!!!!!! will tell APPLE

Yes I have the same issue and have had it occur whenever I upgrade and clone my hardrive. Everything else works but random loops are 'lost' from existing songs even when the track is saved as an archive. I am using GB 2 and OS 10.3.9
I've noted it occurs with
1) loops that I edit and use just a portion of
2) loops with filenames longer than 32 characters
I've also noted that while 32+ character named loops appear correctly in the loop browser they do not appear with the full name when dragged into a track. There they appear in the trunicated garbaged ending. Note that this is EXACTLY what long file names look like when viewd in OS 9 which has a 32 character limit. So what does that mean?
I'm just sick of every time I upgrade a hardrive and clone the drive having to check each and every song and then manually tinker with those who suddenly cant find the loops within them. Everything else works so what is breaking in GB?
I have a thread concerning this posted on macjams.com:
http://www.macjams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=1;showtopic=41262
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juhani h. wrote:
Works fine here, too. But make sure you´ve ticked the box "Convert audiofile...etc", like M-Dan pointed out.
I tested it and if unchecked the imported file plays at the wrong speed. Amusing at first, but potentionally disastrous.
/J
Does NOT work in repeated tests on my system, and yes, the 'convert audiofile' box is ticked. Wouldn't report it as a bug if it wasn't....
This almost ruined a session of mine and cost me a deadline, but luckily I caught the SNAFU in time and converted the files individually.
Very odd though to hear that it works on some users' systems. How can this be a system specific bug? Are you sure you're dragging files in from the Finder to your arrange page? And Logic converts them? Are we talking 48k files being converted to 44? Or vice versa (44 to 48)?
In my case, it was a 48k session and Logic failed to convert the 44k files I had mistakenly been sent.
Since I've noticed other weirdness (like malfunctioning Apple Loops) at 48k, I still think Logic is less than bullet proof at different sampling rates. Just a hunch though.
T

Can't find audio file

Hello-
Using Logic 8 here on OS 10.5.8. I'm working on one project on two computers (at work during the day, and at home, during the night). While working I'm adding audio files to the project (audio files are being copied into the audi file folder for the project). However, when I move the project (with the entire folder, I mean copy the entire project folder including audiofiles to the other computer), when I open the project up on the new computer, I always get an error message saying that it can't find the new audio I had added while working on the other computer. The problem is, it changes the name of the files it wants... what happens is while working on computer 1 I add a file called "car" to the arrange and the file car is in the audio folder. Everything seems fine. However when I open the project up on the new computer (having copied the new "car" file as well) when it opens it says that it can't find the file called "car#F2EAE"... a file which I cannot find existing ANYWHERE on either computer (computer 1 or 2)... when I try to manually link the file "car" to "car#F2EAE" I get different results, usually something is changed, or I get an "invalid region" error and the audio file wont link. Does anybody have any idea what this is? I mean if I did something like timestrech the "car" file and it would create a new file then I could understand that, but still I copy ALL of the files that Logic is creating... it doesn't seem to be throwing any files anywhere else... I really don't understand. Any ideas why this is? The only big difference I can see is that the work computer is power PC imac and my home is an Intel Mac Pro... but still they run the same versions of the OS and Logic.

You have fallen victim to the atavism of Logic: it cannot handle filenames longer than 31 characters, it will rename those files in the style of your example. I bet the file was named carspeedingdownemptyhighwayandbraking.wav or something like that...
Sadly, the only way to avoid it is to keep filenames shorter than 31 characters.
There have been quite a lot of rants about this. And rightly so. It is a major omission that this restriction from the days of 40MB harddisks is still there.
regards, Erik.

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aronfromchatsworth wrote:
Every time I try and load a software instrument I get a message that says the wav or aiff file can't be found. It asks me if I want to search again but it doesn't let me search manually. Where are these files?
Thats weird. I can understand getting that message if you are trying to load a 'blue' audio loop, but not a 'green' software instrument.
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2. Machintosh HD>Library>Application Support>GarageBand>AppleLoops>JamPack 2 & 3.
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You specify "CS6," but do not indicate whether you have patched to the latest. If you haven't please do so.
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