 Connecting Roland Keyboard & Imac Intel |
 Mon 5 May 2008, 18:13
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 05-May 08 From: La Conversion - CH Member No.: 100,857  |
Hello,
I recently discovered GarageBand on my iMac and would like to connect my Roland HP 530e keyboard in order to record partitions & play sounds from GB on my keyboard. I got my hands on a ESI MIDI Mate cable and connected it. GB indicates that a MIDI device is connected, the Audio MIDI setup correctly shows the ESI MIDI Mate but nothing works. I can't get any information from the keyboard in GB and sounds won't play. I'm sure I got something totally wrong, thats why I'm asking for your help. Thank you in advance for any useful tips. Regards, BlackNote |
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Wed 7 May 2008, 23:33
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 05-May 08 From: La Conversion - CH Member No.: 100,857 |
Hello,
Thank you all for answering so fast. I've tried pretty much everything listed above, but I'm not getting much further. For some reason, GB only detects a MIDI device but is unable to connect to it when I choose inout/output audio in the preferences. System preferences aren't much help either since there is no indication of connected devices such as a keyboard. The only positive signal I'm getting is via the MIDI setup utility, indicating indeed a connected ESI MIDI Mate cable, and GB detecting the presence of a connected keyboard. Other than that, I can't find any way of getting this to work. I'm pretty sure I'm making a fundamental mistake, too evident to be seen here I guess. (I did press "record" each time, but this didn't matter...) Shouldn't I have to select my keyboard in GB under Audio menu in the preference pane? My MIDI Setup tuility only shows the ESI MIDI Mate. Shouldn't there be a keyboard as well? I'm sorry, but I know myself pretty well around GB and playing the piano/composing, but when it comes to computers and connecting different components, I sometimes get lost. Thank you so much for your help. |
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BlackNote Connecting Roland Keyboard & Imac Intel Mon 5 May 2008, 18:13
mortalengines Ok....I know this sounds like a dumb question beca... Tue 6 May 2008, 05:26 Macintop Hi BlackNote,
You can download a little tool Midi... Tue 6 May 2008, 07:02 ironhead FIrst of all the GB AUTOMATICALLY SEE YOUR MIDI DE... Tue 6 May 2008, 08:54 hahaworld In your Audio Preferences (Apple Menu > System ... Tue 6 May 2008, 20:52
Jim Hoyland You have to add the keyboard to your Midi set-up y... Thu 8 May 2008, 08:57 |
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