I want to use our Yamaha Clavinova CLP-970A and a UX16 USB Yamaha MIDI interface to record keyboard tracks.I have a G5 iMac with garageband 2.02 and run OS X10.3.9.

Under the Audio MIDI Setup the device is recognized and the settings read as Also on the Clavinova I have the Host Select set to MIDI and the LED read out lists: MIDIOutChannel(directly under that)Main (and across from "Main") Ch1

In technical information for the UX16 it says that the device is compatiable with OS X 10.1.2 through 10.2.6 so that could be the problem. The Yamaha website offers a patch as an update but does not state the date the update was created or the compatibility of the patch.

Is this just a bad interface? Does someone have a much easier solution to this problem?

I want to burn CD's of the music my teenagers are playing on the clavinova. I would also like to be able to add a vocal track and a cello track. If there is a much better and easier way of going about this please tell me, I am open to suggestions.

Thanks!

Recording the Clavinova as midi tracks is not really what I think you are looking to do.
You can always run the sound out on the Clavinova to the sound in of your mac. This way you make an audio recording of your performance. You are going to be recording the vocals and cello as audio (it is vitually impossible to record vocals or cello as midi).

I think you should try this first…

Drivers for OS X up to 10.4