I've bought the Jam packs when they were on DVD many moons ago and I've also paid for MainStage 2 just to have them installed for me. I don't have MainStage any longer and I'm not going to pay for MS 3...
So I've been dismantling the files. Loops are no problem I can just delve into the installer apps with pacifist and each pack has the Loops and the Instruments. Loops are no problem just drag them into the Library/Audio/Apple Loops folder and hit the reindex button on the loop browser. FFIW I deleted all the bits of Jam Packs that Apple already loads so as to avoid duplicates. That's all good.
It's the Instruments I am wondering about. Each Jam Pack has it's Instrument Library and that is located on Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library Inside that folder are two more folders Sampler Files and Sampler Instruments and the DVD also have the same two Folders.
So my questions is, if I dump all the Jam Pack files that are in those two folders, into the same two folders in Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library how does GarageBand index them to know they are there. If I do that will GB automatically index them itself when it restarts?
And if so because the Instruments are not separated into Jam Pack folders like they are in Loops, will it be a problem if there are duplicates?
thx.
So I've been dismantling the files. Loops are no problem I can just delve into the installer apps with pacifist and each pack has the Loops and the Instruments. Loops are no problem just drag them into the Library/Audio/Apple Loops folder and hit the reindex button on the loop browser. FFIW I deleted all the bits of Jam Packs that Apple already loads so as to avoid duplicates. That's all good.
It's the Instruments I am wondering about. Each Jam Pack has it's Instrument Library and that is located on Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library Inside that folder are two more folders Sampler Files and Sampler Instruments and the DVD also have the same two Folders.
So my questions is, if I dump all the Jam Pack files that are in those two folders, into the same two folders in Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library how does GarageBand index them to know they are there. If I do that will GB automatically index them itself when it restarts?
And if so because the Instruments are not separated into Jam Pack folders like they are in Loops, will it be a problem if there are duplicates?
thx.