Loop browser - missing loops

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Loop browser - missing loops

I just bought a Macbook Air which came with Garageband '11 installed; however, when I go into the loop browser, many of the categories are greyed out and can't be selected. When I used to run Garageband '09, all categories were available.

Is this just a promo copy of Garageband '11 - would I need to buy the full version in order to get all the loops?

iMac 24" 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Macbook Air 2010 (2.13GHz/4GB/256GB), iPhone 4, Apple TV, AEBS

Posted on Jan 23, 2011 10:36 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 24, 2011 5:34 AM in response to m0thr4

I have the same problem, I bought a new iMac and loops are missing, yet my MacBook has them installed.
I'm running iLife 11 on the MacBook and have used the disk in the iMac to see if that would help. I tried to locate the loops directory without success that I could compare the directory to see whats missing.

There seems to be problems with missing loops, but as yet no real answer is available.

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Answer 2

Jan 24, 2011 5:57 AM in response to striderpaul

The Loops are stored in
library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple Loops for GarageBand

I dragged the missing loops into the loop window on GarageBand and they then appear and can be used. The next problem is deleting the original missing loops as they still appear greyed out.
This isn't perfect but at least you have access to the missing loops.

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Answer 3

Jan 24, 2011 6:15 AM in response to striderpaul

The next problem is deleting the original missing loops as they still appear greyed out.

You get rid of this by trashing the Apple Loops Index folder in HD/Library/Audio, opening GB and dragging all your loops folders onto the Loop Browser.

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Answer 4

Jan 24, 2011 7:15 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

Excellent, all done, back to normal. Thanks for your help.

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Answer 5

Feb 11, 2011 7:20 PM in response to Christoph Drösser

Noob question here:

Where exactly is the HD/Library/Audio path? I don't have one with that specific path name and do not want to delete the wrong one. Thanks!

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Answer 6

Mar 1, 2011 5:22 PM in response to m0thr4

Hey, thanks for the info listed here. However, I tried everything in those order it's listed, and still no luck.

After deleting the index folder, I dragged the Apple Loops folder to my GarageBand loops window. It said it was reindexing loops; however, it still only shows software instruments; no loops. The same can be said about dragging my JamPacks in: it says it's importing the loops, and then nothing shows up.

I'm frustrated because when I view any songs I recorded before today, I can see the FULL loop browser. But as soon as I open this project, there are NO loops. Initially I thought the issue came from upgrading to GB'11, but I have projects recorded after upgrading that the loops work just fine in. It's just today's project, for whatever reason.

Any help would be appreciated; I'm going crazy!

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Answer 7

Mar 1, 2011 5:27 PM in response to striderpaul

What EXACTLY did you do to restore your loops? I've tried the process indicated here to know success...

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Answer 8

HangTime

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Mar 1, 2011 5:28 PM in response to sweditorial

sweditorial wrote:
It's just today's project, for whatever reason.

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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Answer 9

Mar 1, 2011 8:21 PM in response to HangTime

That didn't help at ALL. And why does your site look like it was made in Geocities?

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Answer 10

Mar 18, 2011 4:38 PM in response to HangTime

I have the same problem discussed here but with Garageband '08. It seems my garageband just shows non-midi (blue files) but no real midi-files (green). I've tried all I could find on re-indexing and so forth but to no avail.

/s

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Answer 11

kanderso

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Apr 3, 2011 6:32 AM in response to sweditorial

Sweditorial: I had the same problem. Did you use a different time signature on your new project? I made a song in 3/4 time and very few loops were available for that reason. Since you don't have this missing-loops problem with other projects, I suspect it's the time signature issue. GarageBand will not display loops that it considers incompatible with the time signature you've chosen. (Thanks to Bullets and Bones for pointing this out.)

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Answer 12

Apr 4, 2011 1:39 PM in response to kanderso

It wasn't just that one project; ANY project I've opened since then has no loops available, even if it contains a loop I put there before.

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Answer 13

kimmer56

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May 16, 2011 12:53 PM in response to m0thr4

I have gb 09. We just installed a bigger hardrive on my mac book pro. We did time mahine before installing. We re-installed the operating system. All seemed fine until I went to use my cello loops today and most of my string loops are gone. All that remains are international string loops like Afgan this and Brazilian that. The original libray must be somewhere on the computer since we restored my programs and settings using time machine right after we installed the hardrive. Any advice as to how to get my library back to normal?

Thanks for your help.

Kimmer56

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Answer 14

Jan 5, 2012 5:49 AM in response to kimmer56

Change your time signature under "Project" on the bottom of the workspace.. If you put 3/4 it greys out all the drums that won't jive with 3/4 time.

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Answer 15

JOrd1234

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Apr 7, 2012 4:08 PM in response to m0thr4

If you can get the iLife DVD, you can get the loops. I just had the same problem but fixed it. I had the DVD, so I went to customize, garageband, loops. Usually when you install it normally, it doesn't install all the loops. Since you had it already installed on your Mac, try to spotlight search the file GarageBandExtraContent.pkg.tar . This is the loops file. unzip it and follow the onscreen instructions.

Good Luck!

P.S. My advice is based on other discussions and my iLife '09. It might not work with iLife '11.

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