Samples from Computer Music Magazine CD

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Samples from Computer Music Magazine CD

If anyone out there buys or is subscribed to this magazine and gets the monthly DVD with the thousands of samples, how does one import them so that they can be seen within the loops samples directoy in garaband?
I draggged and dropped them and they were automatically copied to library/audio but I cant see them in GB

thanks

imac intel core duo, Mac OS X (10.4.7), 20 inch

Posted on Aug 20, 2006 9:01 PM

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HangTime

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Aug 20, 2006 9:04 PM in response to djkhont

Turn off Keyword Browsing in GB's prefs. Also make sure you song is in the same Time Sig as these loops

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Aug 20, 2006 9:21 PM in response to HangTime

I did as you said, thanks hangtime
But I still cant see them

Where exactly shoud I copy samples and loops in the directory for them to appear in the samples and loops browser of garageband?
thanks

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Aug 20, 2006 9:31 PM in response to djkhont

You're supposed to drop them onto the Browser pane in GB and GB should take care of copying and indexing the files. But it sounds like you did that.

As I mentioned, if the loops are in a different time signature than your song is in, they will not show up.

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djkhont Author

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Aug 20, 2006 9:41 PM in response to HangTime

No luck. I retried and nothing.
Is it because the wav. files have to be dragged in groups? I was trying to drag the one folder containing them all, maybe this is not possible.
I can drag individual sample wav files into tracks, but I want to see them all in the samples ans loops browser for easy listening and previewing.

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Aug 20, 2006 9:49 PM in response to djkhont

Ah, you didn't mention that they were Wav files. Only "Apple Loops" can be dropped into the Loop Browser.

You need to convert and tag them with Apple's SoundTrack Loop Utility

Use the link located at this link:

http://www.thehangtime.com/gb/gbfaq2.html#soundtracklooputility

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djkhont Author

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Aug 20, 2006 9:54 PM in response to HangTime

Actually, I did a manual check and indeed most of the files, if not all, where copied. The problem was that they did not appear as a new category. making them difficult to find in the GB browser.

Is there a way to make browser show loops and samples by 'date added?`maybe wish ful thinking.

Finally, with the CD came a group of midi drum breaks, which are .mid files. I cant seem to even import them into the timeline. Is this not possible?
thanks a lot hangtime

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HangTime

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Aug 20, 2006 9:58 PM in response to djkhont

See the post above yours.

MIDI files sometimes need to be converted with QuickTime Pro to "Standard MIDI Format"

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djkhont Author

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Aug 20, 2006 10:02 PM in response to HangTime

Your FAQ seems very complete I will go through it in detail. Is it applicable to GB3?

Is it possible to customize the GB loops and samples browser categories? or are they fixed

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Aug 20, 2006 10:07 PM in response to djkhont

Your FAQ seems very complete I will go through it in
detail. Is it applicable to GB3?

For the most part, yes. GB3 has changed very little WRT music. The biggest change is that GB3 allows for 1999 bars instead of GB2's 999.

Meanwhile SoundTrack loop utility will solve the current WAV issue.

Is it possible to customize the GB loops and samples
browser categories? or are they fixed

For your new loops you can choose the categories with STLU

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djkhont Author

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Aug 21, 2006 3:36 PM in response to HangTime

Ok I have downloaded and installed the apple loops utility. How can this utility help me solve my sample import issue into garageband?

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HangTime

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Aug 21, 2006 3:39 PM in response to djkhont

Drop the loops into STLU and process them, then you can drop the processed files into the loop browser

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djkhont Author

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Aug 22, 2006 9:25 PM in response to djkhont

How Do i move this post to GB3?

Hangtime, hello again, and thanks for helping us all out. apple should give u some shares or pay you.

Now, back to my headache issue. I have all these free DVDs from this magazine, all with '4000 samples' and '5000 samples'., etc. and i want them ALL in GB.ç

I have copied all the folders containing the samples from the DVDs to my HD. When I drag and drop one of these folders into GB loop browser, it thinks, adds some, and includes a new category in the drop down header of the browser... Garageband, My Loops, and now the name of the folder. problem is, this folder now contains say, 560 loops. Not the 4000 on the actual folder.

Aside from the ones not being in the same time code?, as you mentioned not showing up, most are not being transfered.

You mentioned apple loops utility, which i have installed. So,

If I drag and drop this entire folder into ALU, will it create a lager loops folder for to be able to then drag into GB? By converting some of the non drgable directly into GB samples.

Makes sense? Hope so!

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Aug 22, 2006 9:41 PM in response to djkhont

apple should give u some shares or pay you.

I'd be fine with some more shares (Heck a little more PPS would make me happy with what I have), but a few dollars (or even table scraps) would be nice.

Aside from the ones not being in the same time code?, as you mentioned
not showing up, most are not being transfered.

It sounds like some are tagged properly, and the rest aren't (Assuming the time sig is the same and "Keyword Browsing" is deselected in GB's prefs).

If I drag and drop this entire folder into ALU, will it create a lager loops folder for
to be able to then drag into GB? By converting some of the non drgable directly into GB samples.

It's a little more complicated than that if you want them to really be usable in the loop browser. STLU tags the samples with keywords to identify them in the Browser, so you would want to drop groups of loops, at best, into STLU. Then you would tag them as Guitar, Drum, Woodwind, etc, the key...

Then finally, yes, drop all the processed loops into the loop browser and they will appear under their proper instrument buttons.

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djkhont Author

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Aug 22, 2006 10:09 PM in response to HangTime

Well, I tried with one folder and after lots of colorful circle thinking, now apple loop utility has dissapeared from my mac, so I guess it was too much for it and decided to quit on me (forever)

not sure its worth the hassle, Im better off creating my own loops? whats the point in releasing a song with loops from someone else anyway? right?

Finally, do you know if this is as troublesome with Logic? differences? similarities? thanks again
J

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Aug 22, 2006 10:14 PM in response to djkhont

I haven't a clue how STLU "Disappeared" if you didn't delete it.

I don't use Logic, but as far as I know, loops will need the same tagging. Perhaps someone like X that uses Logic can confirm or deny this.

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