Logic Pro 12: Missing Legacy/Ancient sounds

Go to the Sound Library (Logic Pro menu). Click on "Manage Packs". You should be able to add the legacy Logic 10 sounds back. Mine were missing, also. I did this, it's all back. Be sure to update anything needing it, also.

I'm not an expert but I'll do what I can. =)

As for the Sampler Instruments folder, those .exs files are simply the files that you find when you create a software instrument track and use Sampler as your software for that track.

Open LP12 and create a software instrument track and choose Sampler (Multi-Sample) in the Instrument Slot on the track channel in your inspector. See screenshot.

Then open the Sampler. Do you see Liverpool Bass as in the screenshot below? If so, your .exs files are fine.

What I have in my Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments folder:

My .bundle/Samples/z_Legacy/Bass folder which holds .aif files

And .bundle/Plug-In Settings/Sampler/z_Legacy/Bass folder

And .bundle/Channel Strip Settings/Instrument/03 Bass/02 Electric Bass folder and the .cst file, which is what you will see in the Library in LP12.

When I copied over the Channel Strip Settings folder into the .bundle file, that's when I started to see it in my Library.

I also copied over all of my old .patch files into the Patches folder that showed up in my Library

I hope this helps. If it is a programming bug then I hope it is fixed soon but after decades of computer use, it may be months, years, or never. But this workaround works for me.

If you right-click on Logic Pro Library.bundle, wherever you put it, you'll find that the .exs files found in the Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments folder have been relocated to different folders in the .bundle file. File structure has completely changed.

For example, you'll find Liverpool Bass.exs now in Logic Pro Library.bundle/Plug-In Settings/Sampler/z_Legacy/Bass. Why LP is not reading these files is a programmer thing and I don't know how to rectify that.

In doing a huge search, I've discovered that within the LP12 app Contents/Resources folder, 3 folders have been removed that were previously in LP11 Contents/Resources;

• AppleLoopsIndex (which is now located in the new LPL.bundle Apple Loops folder and the extensions have been changed from .loopdata to .caf, thus no replacing missing loops with old files.)
• Patches (now found restructured in the LPL.bundle, however missing quite a few .patch files from LP11 Contents. Note that these files found in the .bundle, can also be found again in the LP12 app Contents/Resources/UniversalPatches which is new) I'm coming back to this later.
• Sampler Instruments (everything in this folder has been relocated, from what I've seen so far, into the .bundle/Plug-In Settings/Sampler folder)

I've also noticed that any folder beginning with "z_" is not being recognized. Going to do an experiment here in a sec.

I have been successful of moving .patch files into the .bundle and they work! Just a workaround for the necessary patches.

Here's what I did:

1. Created a folder named LP12, moved the new app into the folder. (I zipped and copied to another folder on an ext drive just in case.)
2. Using Time Machine, I restored LP11 back to Applications. I never opened the app. (I had to use this method since I didn't properly backup the LP 11 app as I should have.)
3. Right-clicking the LP 11 app, I opened Show Package Contents.
4. Copied over the entire contents (2.49GB) to its own folder on an external drive for backup.
5. Moved the LP11 to the Trash and placed the LP12 back into the Applications folder and deleted the LP12 folder.
6. Right-click Logic Pro Library.bundle and Show Package Contents. Went to Patches/Audio/Effects/Reverb
7. New Finder window and went to my backed up LP11 Contents/Resources/Patches/Audio/Effects/Reverb and copied over Darker Tone Large Garage.patch and pasted into the Reverb folder in the .bundle
8. Opened LP12, went to the folder and viola! it was there and it worked.

Of course, it would take a long time to go through all of the missing patches. I would rather Apple take care of what's not fixed but this is a workaround if you're on a time crunch.

I'll let you know what happens on further experimentation.

OK! I think I found something. Here's what I did:

• Right-click or Control-click on Logic Pro Library.bundle and choose Show Package Contents
• In a separate Finder window, go to Library/Application Support/Logic and choose your Channel Strip Settings folder which should hold all your old settings from LP11.

• Copy the entire Channel Strip Settings folder into the .bundle file

• Legacy folder for Logic now appears in the Library and works for me.

Will sort through missing .patch files and place them in the appropriate folders as well.

It's not perfect and I have no idea how to do the GB legacy yet but if I come across it, I'll let you know. =)

Good luck everyone!

"NOK for"Sampler instruments" : lots of .exs missing (exemple with Electronic drum kit) in the LP 12 Sampler legacy library (see screenshot)"

Here is where I find those .exs files in my .bundle:

"NOK for "Samples-> Quick sampler" ( Can't find, in LP 12, any of the 64 .Audio AIFF located in the Quick sampler folder"

Here is where I find my .aif files in the .bundle:

"NOK for Ultrabeat Samples: Some sounds missing in LP12 (see screenshot)"

This one stumps me. I have the same issue. What I have discovered is that the missing sounds relate to the sample file extensions. The ones that have copied over and appear correctly in Ultrabeats, have both the .pst files and .aif files in their respective places. However, the ones missing have no .pst and have .ubs files instead of .aif files. Possibly no longer supported? It's the same with Apple Loops using .caf files and no longer using .loopdata files. Though I haven't tested to see if the .loopdata or .ubs files would work.

From the previous Library/Application Support/Logic folder, Adept Machine copied over correctly.

However, any sounds using .ubs, such as Afuche, have not copied.

I'll have to do some more digging and see what's going on. I hope this helps if anything to know why these particular sounds are different. The more you know...=)

In the end, this is a flaw on Apple's part and I hope they come out with a fix soon.

I went in to the Sound Packs and clicked on each pack that showed "Installed". About 50% of them or more had Updates.

A lot of the Sound Packs have Updates. You need to go into Manage Packs, click on each pack that shows, "Installed", and see it it offers an Update button. Many of the Sounds Packs have Updates!

would you please send a screenshot of its "by default' location path ?

The default location is in your userFolder > Music.

You may read this support file, it's very likely also available in french:

About the Logic Pro and MainStage sound library on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Hi guys,

Same problem here too: all my previous v10/11 Jam Packs and Legacy sounds are missing in the new v12 library.

Strangely, when I open an older v11 project, the JP and Legacy sounds are still there but none can be found in the actual v12 library. I have tried deleting LP12 and all its v12 packs, re-downloading everything and updating every single possible sound library that v12 has to offer and still nothing! (Interestingly, I am offered only a grand total of 43.42GB to download for all packs, including JPs and Legacy ones).

Looking in my /Library/Application Support/Logic folder (70GB large), my Sampler Instruments folder is only 97.8MB large so that can't be the source of the JP and Legacy sounds. My Alchemy Samples and EXS Factory Samples are 16GB & 53GB large respectively but I wouldn't know what to do with them to make them "active".

Very keen to help troubleshoot with you guys until we get this sorted out, as long as it takes!

Interestingly enough, I deleted all packs and then moved the .bundle file from Music to an external drive and let LP12 rebuild the .bundle file and reclone everything. Then, Get All and updated all packs. Now the file size is 94.6 GB, in Info: 94,596,162,084 bytes (88.56 GB on disk)

No worries! There are no dumb questions.

If you create an audio "Guitar / line" track, not a Midi instrument one, do you also see the legacy content in the library window ?

Yes, but note they will be different.

When I have the Audio track selected, my library shows the appropriate settings that I can use on that audio track. This is the library that will show whether choosing mic/line or guitar/bass.

When I have the Software Instrument track selected, the library contents change but shows legacy settings that I can use with that track. This will also be the same library when creating Session and Pattern tracks as well, regardless of what you choose in the submenu for choosing the track, (Drummer, Bass, Keyboard). With the exception of External MIDI tracks...

External MIDI tracks will show this library, which of I haven't really dove into yet. I'm still learning. =)

UPDATE:

This will show you how much of noob I am...I just found out that I can simply drag and drop the missing .caf files from the Library/Audio/Apple Loops folder right into the Loops Browser in Logic Pro. That's it.

Of course, I would have to go through over 6000 loops to add but...a simple fix.

And it remains a MIDI loop, it doesn't convert to an Audio loop. =)