Emac, Audio/MIDI information for starters Options

[Brima Kaniva]

just recently bought an eMac with Logic express software and have a Midi Keyboard. Iwas told to link the two I must buy a USB MIDI interface but with this I dont get the sounds from my keyboard saved into Logic instead just information as MIDI, How do I correct this problem would i need an audio interface? if so what is the difference between the two in terms of recording

[lepetitmartien]

MIDI only cares of musical data, that is note, start of it, end of it, a clock, controllers (like volume, panning, resonance…). The 2 cables between the mac and the keyboard allow Logic to record MIDI, then to play it back on the keyboard (one cable per direction).

To take care of the audio out coming from the keyboard, you need an audio interface or a mixed MIDI/audio interface (hence you don't need the other) and audio cables coming from the audio outs of the keyboard into the Ins of the interface.

Set up appropriately in the system preferences/audio and in apps/utilities/audio MIDI setup and up you go (eventually in logic too).

[Vissequ]

If your output is properly set to your built-in speakers or external speakers and still hear now sound then you will need to do one of the following, which will tell the computer to generate a sound from your MIDI keyboard.

- Create an EXSP24 Track. Create a new Instrument track. Set it to EXSP24 and then chose an imported SF2, EXS file et cetera or use one from the factory. If your keyboard is plugged in proplerly (it is if you see the midi information) you should hear the sound you selected.

OR

- You can use the Quick Time Synth. I don't recommend this seeing as the quality isn't all that great. To do this you'll need to create a MIDI track and then to go the enviornment and create a new Object as Quick Time synth. Then connect this with one of your ports.