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BIAB crash #319499 11/21/15 11:41 AM Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 32 Gatineau, QC, Canada Bernard L'ermite OP Enthusiast
OP Bernard L'ermite Enthusiast Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 32 Gatineau, QC, Canada	Hi there! I decided to explore the Loops side of BIAB today. I watched the tutorial video and it is simple enough. I was able to assign various loops to various parts, generate and playback. Life was good. The video also showed how to import Apple Loops. I thought "Great! So many more Loops to choose from!". So I went on the app store and purchased GarageBand and MainStage and downloaded all the Apple Loops content. Finder now tells me my Apple Loops folder contains 20 378 elements. It's Loops galore! So now I open BIAB, open the Loops window. I see ALL the loops. Awesome! I choose one, click Audition and it plays back. But now when I choose one (any loop, even the PG Music WAV ones) and click OK BIAB crashes. So I updated to build 106 but still no luck. BIAB 2022Audiophile Mac, DX3 Pro, Massdrop HD6XX, iMac Pro, MacOS 12.6.3 Ableton Live! Suite 11, Soundtoys 5, iZotope Music Production Suite, NI KOMPLETE

Re: BIAB crash Bernard L'ermite #319516 11/21/15 02:37 PM Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,131 Winston-Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,131 Winston-Salem, NC USA	David, Do you see any error message when the crash happens? What software is crashing, Mac operating system or Band in a Box? The pc version of BiaB requires for loops to be installed in the bb/loops sub folder before BiaB will recognize the audio file as a loop. Is that also true for the Mac version of BiaB? The pc version of BiaB will automatically create an error report and email the report to PG Music support if you permit it. Does the Mac version have a similiar feature? Finally, you mention you updated to version 106 and the issues still happens. Try closing BiaB then shut down and turn off the computer for a little more than a minute. Then power up the computer, start BiaB and try loading a loop again. Sometimes a program update will not work completely until the computer has gone completely through a power cycle. Sometimes just a warm start is not enough. Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1111) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: BIAB crash Jim Fogle #319566 11/22/15 03:15 AM Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 32 Gatineau, QC, Canada Bernard L'ermite OP Enthusiast
OP Bernard L'ermite Enthusiast Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 32 Gatineau, QC, Canada	Hey I've got an update: I removed two of the Apple Loops subfolders from the Loops folder and now it works fine! Could it be there were too many files? I tried adding them back and BIAB still crashes. Remove again, everything is fine again! Could also be that there is something BIAB doesn't like in that particle folder... BIAB 2022Audiophile Mac, DX3 Pro, Massdrop HD6XX, iMac Pro, MacOS 12.6.3 Ableton Live! Suite 11, Soundtoys 5, iZotope Music Production Suite, NI KOMPLETE

Re: BIAB crash Bernard L'ermite #319660 11/22/15 10:56 AM Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,131 Winston-Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,131 Winston-Salem, NC USA	David, I agree with you that there is most likely a maximum limit. I first said 999 but know that's wrong because BiaB ships with 1,000 loops so, if there is a ceiling as you and I suspect the ceiling has to be higher than 1,000. I do try to manage the number of loops in the loops folder to just the loops I think I may use in a song project. Once a project is finished, I copy the loops I used into the song folder so if I ever return to the project, the raw materials remain available. Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1111) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: BIAB crash Bernard L'ermite #324893 12/13/15 01:37 AM Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8 John Marcos Newbie
John Marcos Newbie Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8	Originally Posted By: DavidL Hey I've got an update: I removed two of the Apple Loops subfolders from the Loops folder and now it works fine! Could it be there were too many files? I tried adding them back and BIAB still crashes. Remove again, everything is fine again! Could also be that there is something BIAB doesn't like in that particle folder... Hi David I am still experiencing the crashes. What did you do EXACTLY to have everything running with the Apple Loops? I would greatly appreciate your advice. Regards, John Marcos PS: Have you made more progress meanwhile? BIAB 2015, build 106, MacBook Pro, 2,8 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB mem.

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