GarageBand Help with Loops and Plug-Ins

Greetings,

Boy, I wish i knew what the answer was to this:

I received the new GarageBand (10.1.2) in the OS expression of all our new Macs. To get a complete feel for the app, I also purchased MainStage 3 and, like most all instructions indicate, used that app to download (and in effect, re-claim) all of the JamPack Loops that one could get. Boy, it took a while, but in the end I had all available sounds.

Or so i thought... launching GarageBand, to my chagrin, it indicated that there was yet still more content available for download (some 9 GB worth). This was done - after re-indexing the loop library, I thought finally I was good to go.


Not so...


Every loop, clearly indicated in the loop library AND clearly previewed by clicking on it, that I attempt to drag into the session comes back with an error message, which goes like this:

EXS24 instrument "African Kit.exs" not found.

or

EXS instrument "Peruvian Pipes.exs" not found. (replace the instrument name with whatever, but the end result is the same). Doing a search in the library (the left side of the screen) produces no results.


Any idea of what to do? The fellow at Apple tech support said that this was a new one on him. Did i download 50 GB of nothing? Does anyone know (definitively) where all the loops/instruments/samples that MainStage and GB downloaded are, and is there any way of successfully tagging them so that GB recognizes them?


Thank you for your consideration; this supposedly easy app is certainly more perplexing than it needs to be :-\


Regards,

D Collins

Posted on Oct 18, 2016 10:35 AM

Reply
2 replies

Oct 19, 2016 7:43 PM in response to dncollins

The African Kit you mentioned, is working in my GarageBand 10.1.2 library, and it is installed in the folder


/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library/Track Settings/Software/Drum Kits/African Kit.cst


Check your /Library folder what is installed for you in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library

Oct 19, 2016 7:47 PM in response to léonie

Thank you for the response, Leonie.

I recently discovered how much smaller in size the problem station's folder was compared to my office unit,

off by some 43GB of sounds an d stuff. My guess is a bunch of the Logic sample engines did not make it - I am going to copy the office folder wholesale into the offending unit to see if that helps.

Many thanks,

DLC

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

GarageBand Help with Loops and Plug-Ins

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.