SMART LOOPS HELP NEEDED

Hello All - good to know I'm among like-minded friends; this is my first question so I hope I haven't gone on too long!
I own both Guitar Tracks 2 and the newer Guitar Tracks Pro. I loved the ease of use and the user friendly onscreen window of the ‘Drag and Drop Drummer Lite’ that came with the Guitar Tracks -2 but found it limiting with the small choice of tempos available and the fact that the loops are not in ACID format. I upgraded to the Guitar Tracks -Pro 2.01 but do not find the bundled Fruity-Loops drum machine easy to work with; even when I’ve got a loop I’m happy with it is not of the quality of the Drag and Drop Drummer.
To these ends, I recently bought the successor to Drag and Drop; i.e. SMART LOOPS. This seemed the ideal answer to my problems but I am having a little trouble getting the loops into a Guitar Tracks project – I find I have to load the CD and then access the loops from the ‘Import Audio’ drop down list in the Guitar Tracks ‘Edit’ button.
Does anyone know if there is any way I can ‘install’ the Smart Loops samples so they can be accessed from the Guitar Tracks Tools’ menu [as can drag and drop, fruity loops etc] or is this the only way?
I’ve considered re-authoring my Guitar Tracks -2 installation CD by removing the Drag and Drop Drummer files and replacing them with the Smart Loop files but don’t know whether they will retain their ACID format, or whether they will be installed at all in this way.
Any advise from you guys would make this old strummer very happy! I thank you in advance of any help you can give me.
Cheers – STEVE

Copy the files from your CD to a folder on your hard drive. Name the folder Drums (or any name of your choice).

Select Options -> Global. Then the Folders tab. Locate the folder you just copied the files to in the Wave Files input box. Select OK.

Select View -> Loop Explorer. It will default to the newly created Drums folder. Find the file you want drag & drop or double-click as you prefer. It will also preview the clip.

Hi guys; thanks for the replies. I'll give tmossman's suggestion a go - it sounds the perfect solution. As I'm not on the net at home [I use the local library] I apologise if I'm slow replying but I will post a note to let you know if your idea works.
Thanks again - Steve

It took a few minutes, but I think it's going to work! How cool! This is a path I would have never dreamed of. I was trying to do it all through IMPORT AUDIO. I've copied over some drums already, and on those it worked. I have quite a few CD's of drums, and am hoping they will all work this way. It takes a little time, so after I get everything copied over and working I will report back. If I hit another snag, I'll have another question!

Thanks tmossman for a really great tip. Works great so far!

JustGotPaid

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Here's my update. This seems to work fine with GT3, but I can't get it to work in GT2. I don't see the LOOP EXPLORER option in the VIEW menu in GT2. Is there a way around this? Surely there is another option to make this work.
JustGotPaid

Hi, I don't think GT2 came with the Loop Explorer View. You're better off using GT3 for your Smart Loops so you can use the Loop Explorer View to locate, audition, and import your loops.

Grab more free Smart Loops here... http://www.smartloops.com/Free/

Strummer,

Maybe the "Smart" loops product is above your technical abilities.
Perhaps someone has a "Dumb" loops program that you can use.

What a cheap shot, how unnecessary, and I agree, there is no place on the forum for crap like that. It got old a long time ago.

Thanks for all who have helped with my drum questions. I have really learned a lot from all the good tips here. I get more out of this, quicker, than the manual. Still on the learning curve, but sorta getting the hang of it now.

One more...not drums...but I was trying to overdub a part and it seems the track is locked. I can open a new project and record fine on any track. But on this saved song I can't. I must have locked it some sort of way. No level, no sound on that track when I hit RECORD, no nothing. Have any of you had this trouble?

And how do you deactivate that insane, unstoppable click track! haha

Thanks!

JusttGotPaid

I know you started it last year, you only saw my reply now. (Latency you know)