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- In the App Store, tap Updates. Find GarageBand in the list. If you see Update next to GarageBand, tap Update. If not, skip this step.
- If you use Audio Units Extensions or Inter-App Audio apps as instruments or effects with GarageBand, check with the manufacturer for updates.
- If you use an external audio interface, disconnect it. If GarageBand works, you might need to update or service your audio interface.
- Delete any Audio Units Extensions or Inter-App Audio apps.
- Create a new song, then play it. If it works, check your other songs and solo tracks to see which one caused the issue.
- Reset GarageBand. Go to Settings > GarageBand, then tap Reset GarageBand. When you reset GarageBand, your song files, presets, or patches aren't affected. Other custom settings, such as the 24-bit audio resolution and Multitrack Recording settings, are reset to factory defaults.
- Back up any songs on your device. Then delete GarageBand and redownload it.
Still not working? Contact Apple support.
- I then purchased the additional sounds. I delayed downloading them all because at the time I didn't need them right away. I installed Yosemite, and now want to download them, however when I go to GarageBand Download More Sounds the option is grey and clicking on it does nothing.
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Jul 23, 2015 Question: Q: Help! The Garageband Sounds Won't Download. M y apple store seems to be set up fine so it must be something to do with the garageband app. I know that the purchase of the additional sounds went through, because I was charged for it, I just am not able to get my sounds. Virtual dj skin resizer tool full download pc.
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How can I get more instruments for GarageBand?
Well one way is to buy any of Apple's JamPacks. These contain thousands of loops as well as new instruments and presets.Yeah, I actually have all of them, and they're grand, but I want even more. .SF2s!
Gesundheit. Huh?
I thought you sneezed. Oh, no, I was mentioning SF 2's which are an instrument format that GarageBand supports. SF2 is the filename extension, and the SF part is short for SoundFont. You can kind of think of it like a text font. Text Fonts hold all the characters is a particular style, and SoundFonts hold samples of the instrument it is intended to mimic.
Sounds complicated. You're in luck, it isn't. If you've read the article on Audio Units, a lot of this will seem very familiar to you
Okay, cool. So, um, where do I find these SoundFonts? There are literally thousands of SF2s available on the web. In fact if you open up your favorite search engine in your web browser and simply search for 'SoundFont' you'll find more hits than you could probably look through in a lifetime! To get you started, check out our ever growing SoundFont links page. You'll find well over 5,000 SF2s via those links. One word of caution, not every SF2 works in GarageBand. The first 2 I tried didn't work at all, which at first made me think I was doing something wrong (as if THAT could happen), but the third and most of my subsequent downloads (D/Ls) worked fine. So if you find one that doesn't work, try to find another one of the same instrument you want.
Wow, that sounds like a lot, what kinds of instruments can I expect to find? A better question might be what you won't find, and to be honest, I don't know. I've found everything I've tried to find. From heavy metal guitars, chorded guitars (one key plays an entire chord) and 5 string Bass guitars to Orchestral strings and horns. Search hard enough and you could even get some bagpipes.
Awesome! So I've found an SF2 I want, what next? First, don't panic, we have to get through a couple of technical things, but I promise you it's not that complex.
Ummm, okay.
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First you must make sure the SoundFont is not compressed. If the name(s) of the file(s) ends with .zip or .sfark they are compressed files. Use Stuffit Expander on the zipped files, and get sfarkxt for the arked files. Unfortunately there is no Macintosh decompressor for files ending in .sfpack so do not bother to D/L those files on your Mac.Once you've decompressed the files and their names end in .sf2, drop them into yourLibrary/Audio/Sounds/Banks/ folder and they are ready for use in GarageBand.
I know we went through this with AUs, but my what/where? Go to Finder, open up your hard drive, open up the library folder. Open up the Audio Folder, Open up the Sounds folder, and finally, open up the Banks folder. Drop your .sf2 in there and Bob's your uncle, you've installed an .sf2.
Okay, it looks all nice and pretty in that folder, but how do I use it? Easy. I've installed an SF2 called 'Echo Metal Guitar' on my machine.
First step is to select or create a Software Track. I'm just going to use the default Piano track and modify it, but you can create any software track you want and then change it to use your new sf2.
Once selected, click the button to display Track Info. If the Details triangle is facing towards the right , click on it so that it points down and displays the Generator popUp menus:
Next click on the first PopUp menu
And you'll find all the installed instruments, plus the all important DLSMusicDevice choice towards the bottom. This is the selection you want:
Once that is selected:
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Click the button to edit the generator and a window will open that looks like this:
Click on the Sound Bank popUp menu to select which Sound Bank you wish to use. In my case it's the Guitar: And you've not only installed your SoundFont, it's ready to use. Close the DLSMusicDevice window.
The only thing left to do is change the track name, as it still thinks its a Grand Piano. It's only a label, but still, it really is a Metal Guitar, so I think it should know too. If the track isn't selected, click on it once to select it:
Then click on the text once and do not move the mouse.
In about 1 second the text will become editable:
Type in a new Name and press the ReturnKey:
And finally let's get a nice Guitar Icon. If you closed the Track Info, click the button to reopen it.
Click on the popUp menu, and choose your new icon:
And you're ready to rock. Break out your MIDI Keyboard, or even one of the onscreen keyboards and let loose!