FG Connects Live project takes forever to load!

did you delete the samples already ?

where is the download available at?

what are we extracting from it? I did down load it and some how my FG don't recognize it. will try again.

@kenchan : look in the News chapter of the clan. You'll find the link there.

@en76 most probably you copied to much to your usb drive. Make sure you only copy the directory -> FGConnectsLive.prj to the root of your USB

Yes I deleted all samples and songs from the .prj folder. Makes no tangible difference. It still loads ridiculously slow. Am I alone on this???? Is anyone else noticing a slow loading time? Like I say, all my other projects load just speedy and normal. So I don't think its the USB stick......Please advise.....

Thanks!

Jabberwocky, Oh yes!!! thank you, completely forgot about that....Been so long that I completely forgot how its done LOL! Again, thank for reminding me...

thanks, jabberwocky!

Ok!!! I am getting a (The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “FGConnectsLive.prj” can’t be read or written(Error code -36) when I drag it to USB. Is this normal? What am I missing here?

Answering my own question.......

Well, after hours of trial and error I have fixed the slow loading problem, and discovered the issue. This may very well be a problem that others will fall into.....so I think its important to explain.....especially if you are on a Mac computer where you download and manage your projects.

The quick answer is.....you MUST fully extract the downloaded project before you load it onto your USB stick. This is a separate function which is not done automatically on the Mac OS. After you download.....do not just drag the files from the Zip file to the desktop (or to the USB stick)....this will not fully extract the files. It will appear that is does, because the resulting files will look very normal, but they are not fully extracted. And remarkably....putting THOSE files on the USB stick will still open in the FG.....just remarkably SLOW. IN fact, now I understand that what I was seeing, on the G's project load screen, was TWO folders called FGConnectsLive. one inside the other. So apparently the G can detect and still address a archived file, and apparently it extracts it along the way on load up!!!! Wow!

But once you fully extract the files (Using an extract utility on your computer), then the resulting extracted files will load at normal speed.

Whew.....that was a strange problem, that took hours to uncover....because i never would have imagined that the G would even see or read an archived file. But it does, and it extracts it for you...albeit very slowly! And Mac computers apparently can show you the archived files as if they were extracted on your computer......but if you drag those to an external drive (ie USB stick), then its still a fully archived file you have dragged. I guess its OSX's way of making things very user friendly for you.....but alas it bit me in the arse this time!

Thanks!

Ron

good job RonF ! and I solve mine too.
After downloading the project from the web side. I drag the zip file onto desktop from the download folder. Than open the zip-file there on the desktop....wala!!! open the folder and drag the FG project to USB.
oh yeah ... I'm using a mac mini. Normally it opens the zip automatically but in this case, if error shows, don't use that folder. Do what I did.....explained above...

loaded up in my G7 and been playing with some of the loops in the live set piano and EP. fun stuff.

i like the new patches and avatars too. :p

going to load up my G8 next... then copy over the old patches into the new project while taking out some of the demo wav files. i dont need those.

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