Core Audio (CAF) work no more in Reaper?

[sonnie]

Hey there,
at this moment I wanted to import a CAF (from Apple Loop Library) like I did in Reaper 3.7x the last time before. But Reaper can't import it anymore?
Anyone knows anything about this?

[sonnie]

Noone an Idea?

[Ollie]

Searching 'CAF apple loop site:http://forum.cockos.com' indicates that they'll only import when they're AIF inside.

[sonnie]

Originally Posted by Ollie

Searching 'CAF apple loop site:http://forum.cockos.com' indicates that they'll only import when they're AIF inside.

Ah, okay. I thought, Apple loops are AIFF inside
Thanks.

[JTF]

I've done some converting lately, using a script I've found here http://alvinalexander.com/mac-os-x/c...iff-mp3-format.

This script turns a whole folder of CAF-files into 8bit-aiff-files.

I changed the line

afconvert -f AIFF -d I8 "$INFILE" "$outfile"

to

afconvert -f AIFF -d BEI16 "$INFILE" "$outfile"

so they were converted to 16bit AIFFs. You could also convert them to 24bit but for me the 16 bit is enough anyway.

Running the script from Terminal was bit of a fight since I've never used the Terminal before, but after a couple of google-moments I managed to make it happen. Internet is great.

The script needs to be copied into the same folder as the CAF-files. Then changing the directory in the Terminal to the same directory and running the script with sh-command.
Maybe someone with real Terminal-skills knows a better/quicker way to do this but it worked for me. (osx 10.6.8)

The files will be copied into the same folder as the CAF-originals, thus the hard drive occupation is somewhat doubled.