Customize the Loop Browser in GarageBand on Mac

When thousands of loops are installed on your hard disks, finding a particular Apple Loop can be a daunting prospect. Fortunately, you can use a number of key criteria—including sound pack and scale—to restrict your search or browsing results. You can also sort the search results.

Restrict loops by sound pack

You can choose to display only the loops from a particular sound pack, loops from third-party manufacturers installed on your computer, or Apple Loops you created.

In GarageBand on Mac, click the pop-up menu next to Sound Packs at the top of the Loop Browser, then choose the sound pack or loop collection.

Restrict loops by scale

In GarageBand on Mac, click the Scale pop-up menu in the Loop Browser, then choose Any, Minor, Major, Neither, or Both.

Restrict loops by loop type

In GarageBand on Mac, click the Loop Types button (the color bars next to Name) in the Loop Browser, then choose All Loops, Audio Loops, MIDI Loops, or Drummer Loops.

Sort Loop Browser results

In GarageBand on Mac, click any of the column headers in the Loop Browser to sort the results by that column type, in ascending or descending order.

Note: If the Tempo and Key columns aren’t visible in the Loop Browser, you can turn them on via the Loops settings.

Change the keyword on a button

In GarageBand on Mac, do one of the following:

Control-click the button, choose a keyword category from the shortcut menu, then choose a new keyword from the submenu.
Drag a button over another button to switch the keywords on the two buttons.

To revert to the original layout of keyword buttons, click the Reset button in the Loops settings.

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