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

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reindex your loops:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#reindex
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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.
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I purchased a bunch of M-Audio percussion loops and installed them (or thought I did). Only I set of loops is listed in the loop browser drop down menu ant it's only listing 2 loops! I found 2 other folders of loops in my home folder/audio/user loops folder. They appear to be incomplete as well and they DO NOT show up in the loop browser menu in GB or Logic. I e-mailed M-Audio about it and they say that there might be multiple locations for these loops depending on what version of GB I'm using (3).
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http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#missingloops

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Is this a new installation of GarageBand or has it worked before on the same computer?
Or have you transferrred your GarageBand from a different computer?
The error message is saying, that your GarageBand installation is incomplete. There are essential foldrs missing in your system library.
Check, if indeed both folders are missing or if only the permissions are set incorrectly.
Your system library (the folder "System" directly on your system drive) should have the following folders inside the folder "Audio", and they need to be readable by the system and by administrators.
And in the folder /Library/Application Support there should be the Instrument Library.
If these folders do not exist (or no longer exist), restore them from your backup- If your GarageBand version is a new installation, the application may not hve been downloaded or installed completely, then reinstall GarageBand.
What is your GarageBAnd version, and how did you install it originally?
Regards
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g_clef wrote:
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http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#missingloops ?
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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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
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is this written in stone?

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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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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.
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Take original audio.
Flex it using slice mode.
Bounce in place.
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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.

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