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Re - Soundfont for pedal steel dor GarageBand on macOS (thread/7089689)

I am in dire need of a pedal or lap or Hawaiian steel guitar sound font for GB on macOS. So I followed the suggestions I found on the web and the above referenced thread. As suggested in another post, I paid for and installed Mainstage and installed the Apple Jam Packs with it, including the Jam Pack Rhythm Section, which has a Dobro Slide guitar voice (pic from the previous thread - not my GB):

But when I navigate to Library > Legacy like in the picture, I only see Jam Pack 1, no Jam Pack Rhythm Section. In the Finder under HD > Library > Application Support > GarageBand > Instrument Library > Sampler > Sampler Instruments, I see Dobro Slide.exs (and Dobro Chords.exs). And in ... > Track Settings > Software > Guitars I also see Dobro Slide.cst. And under ... > Plug-In Settings > Guitar I see Dobro Slide.pst. But in GB when I navigate through the Library there's no Jam Pack Rhythm Section and no Dobro voice for MIDI input. Please help me find the Dobro sound font! (Or somehow add the Rhythm Section to the Legacy library. Thanks, - Jeff

Posted on Aug 31, 2019 11:03 AM

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jeffmil Author

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Posted on Sep 7, 2019 5:52 AM

Triple bingo!!! I have been in dire need of a steel or Dobro or slide guitar in GB on macOS. All signs pointed to nowhere except someone said there was a Dobro in the old Apple Jam Packs, specifically the Jam Pack Rhythm Section. But the only way to get those now is to buy and install MainStage and download the Jam Packs (under Legacy). I did that on my MBP 2018 w/ Mojave but only the Jam Pack 1 library showed up. I was distraught! Crushed beyond recognition! Flattened to less than 1 angstrom in thickness! But I read somewhere that the Jam Packs no longer come w/ GB because they are 32-bit. Well, as a long shot I tried the MainStage trick on my older 2011 Mac Mini that only goes to (11, no just kidding, to) High Sierra. Sure enough, I NOW HAVE DOBRO CHORDS and DOBRO SLIDE MIDI VOICES on that version of GB, which is still 10.3.2. Now to try them out and see how they sound!

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