Apple Jam Packs and Why Discontinued ? OSX 10.7, iOS or??

diamondblues wrote:

Apple Jam Packs and Why Discontinued ?

Apple has yet to make any public announcements, and speculation is against the ToS here, so i'm afraid there is no answer to this

diamondblues wrote:

I do not have The World Instrument Jam pack but perhaps will find/locate a copy.

you can find a link to purchase it here:

http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/PluginsApplesJamPacks.html

you're welcome, good luck

All the Jam Packs are now downloadable free when buying either Mainstage 2 or Logic Studio 9 from the Mac App Store. I for one am still amazed at the value for money that these products now represent.

I have bought Mainstage 2 from the Mac App Store and for my investment of £20.99 I now have both Mainstage 2 and access to all of Logic Pro's instruments and all the Jam Packs. It's quite incredible. EXS24 sampler, Steinway Grand Pianos, the lot, just for that £20.99.

I can, of course, even use these instruments and loops in my copy of Logic Express 8. When I have the cash I will be purchasing Logic Pro 9 from the Mac App Store too. It's a no-brainer!

James Stratford wrote:

I have bought Mainstage 2 from the Mac App Store and for my investment of £20.99 I now have both Mainstage 2 and access to all of Logic Pro's instruments and all the Jam Packs. It's quite incredible. EXS24 sampler, Steinway Grand Pianos, the lot, just for that £20.99.

I can, of course, even use these instruments and loops in my copy of Logic Express 8. When I have the cash I will be purchasing Logic Pro 9 from the Mac App Store too. It's a no-brainer!

Are you saying that you can use mainstages instruments inside of Garageband, that you can record them and use them as a part of your GB projects?

Also, is the same true of Logic Express 8?

No, you can only use the JamPacks and only the channel strip settings that don't require effects and instruments that are not Logic Pro/MainStage exclusive.

Blueberry wrote:

No, you can only use the JamPacks and only the channel strip settings that don't require effects and instruments that are not Logic Pro/MainStage exclusive.

Cool... its still a bargin for the loops anyway. 🙂

It's an incredible bargain.

To clarify:

If you purchase Mainstage 2 from the Mac App Store you can download all the Jam Packs (loops & instruments) via that app for free. You can then use all the instruments included in the Jam Packs in Mainstage and Logic Express or Logic Pro. Basically, if you already own a version of Logic Express (I own Logic Express 8) then you get access to a huge raft of new instruments, including the EVP88 electric piano simulator, EVB3 organ simulator and the loops within Logic Express. The Sculpture plugin appears to be barred from Logic Express.

In GarageBand, you can use the added amps and stomp boxes that Jam Pack 1 included. I cannot seem to access all the loops from GarageBand but this appears to be a bug I am experiencing. I could not see them all in Logic Express either until I re-indexed my loops. That doesn't seem to have helped GarageBand's Loop Browser for some reason but that appears to be a separate matter.

I hope this helps.

All the Jam Packs are now downloadable free when buying either Mainstage 2 or Logic Studio 9 from the Mac App Store.

Does the free download really include ALL previous Jam Packs ?

Yes, all Jam Packs.

Does the free download really include ALL previous Jam Packs ?

It is not exactly a free, separate download. The loops and instruments are installed as part of the regular installation of Mainstage 2, and this install location is shared by Mainstage 2, GarageBand, and Logic; so you can use them from GarageBand as well.