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 Sun 20 Nov 2011, 22:24
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 20-Nov 11 Member No.: 119,317  |
Hi;
I'm new to music on the Mac. I bought a Yamano roll-up keyboard. It has a midi out port. I bought a midi-to-usb cable and attached it to my Macbook. With power up, it doesn't show up in System Preferences/Sound/Input. What do? TIA, Beno |
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Tue 22 Nov 2011, 07:55
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 16-Nov 10 From: Bakersfield - US Member No.: 115,924 |
If your keyboard doesn't have a usb port, it cannot connect idirectly to the mac, you need to connect through a mac compatible midi interface, like the M-Audio Uno - 1-In/1-Out USB Bus-Powered MIDI Interface, if you just have only one midi device or a MOTU Microlite Midi I/O 5/5 Bus Powered, if you plan to connect more than one midi device to your system (trigger pads, external fx, etc.).
Good luck. |
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Tue 22 Nov 2011, 08:39
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 20-Nov 11 Member No.: 119,317 |
THANK YOU!!! Why is this information so hard to find? You'd think About.com or HowTo.com would have some information about this!
Thanks again, Beno |
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benocandelon Can't Connect Keyboard To Mac Sun 20 Nov 2011, 22:24
houstonmusic Hi beno,
don't confuse midi in with audio in.
... Mon 21 Nov 2011, 05:34
benocandelon Agreed. However, I've googled, I've posted... Mon 21 Nov 2011, 17:11 gdoubleyou QUOTE (benocandelon @ Sun 20 Nov 2011, 13... Thu 1 Dec 2011, 05:32 |
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