USB-MIDI driver for Casio Keyboards
Ok, I know that this question has been asked before on numerous occasions, but still there is not a single solution in sight.
About Christmas time last year I purchased a Casio Privia digital piano. I wanted to use this as a midi controller on my MBP. It wasnt until a few months later when i returned from college and finally had a chance to sit down with this instrument that i realized that the USB-midi connection was not compatible with mac. This wouldnt be such a problem if the darn keyboard had actual midi connections, but it doesnt, only the usb-midi.
Ok, so after looking for almost a year for some type of solution to this problem (other than dual booting windows, and switching back between the two), seeing as that i can no longer return the keyboard, I am left to propose some of my own ideas which i would like some input on:
1. Use a usb-midi driver from another company such as Yamaha, Korg etc. I have tried one yamaha driver that did not work and i would like to know if anyone has had any better luck.
2. Use some sort of translation program to take any input coming from the keyboard and map it to a certain midi value. This worked for my 5 button logitech mouse that had no driver support for mac. I used a program called USB overdrive to convert the signals from the mouse to manually mapped hot keys. This is essentially the same idea, or so i believe.
3. Build a driver. Does anyone even know if this is feasible, or how much work it would take? maybe Casio never released any drivers for mac because this is just a case where the 2 devices are absolutely incompatible, or maybe (hopefully) because they are just lazy; which brings me to my final most desperate plan of action.
4. Petition Casio to build us the drivers we deserve. If you are reading this post, chances are also dealing with this same, frustrating problem. Let your voice be heard in the replies, and maybe if enough people speak out we can link this thread to Casio and perhaps something will happen. Im tired of being treated like a second rate computer user because i went with a mac. Equal Rights, Dammit!
Thanks to those who reply/
About Christmas time last year I purchased a Casio Privia digital piano. I wanted to use this as a midi controller on my MBP. It wasnt until a few months later when i returned from college and finally had a chance to sit down with this instrument that i realized that the USB-midi connection was not compatible with mac. This wouldnt be such a problem if the darn keyboard had actual midi connections, but it doesnt, only the usb-midi.
Ok, so after looking for almost a year for some type of solution to this problem (other than dual booting windows, and switching back between the two), seeing as that i can no longer return the keyboard, I am left to propose some of my own ideas which i would like some input on:
1. Use a usb-midi driver from another company such as Yamaha, Korg etc. I have tried one yamaha driver that did not work and i would like to know if anyone has had any better luck.
2. Use some sort of translation program to take any input coming from the keyboard and map it to a certain midi value. This worked for my 5 button logitech mouse that had no driver support for mac. I used a program called USB overdrive to convert the signals from the mouse to manually mapped hot keys. This is essentially the same idea, or so i believe.
3. Build a driver. Does anyone even know if this is feasible, or how much work it would take? maybe Casio never released any drivers for mac because this is just a case where the 2 devices are absolutely incompatible, or maybe (hopefully) because they are just lazy; which brings me to my final most desperate plan of action.
4. Petition Casio to build us the drivers we deserve. If you are reading this post, chances are also dealing with this same, frustrating problem. Let your voice be heard in the replies, and maybe if enough people speak out we can link this thread to Casio and perhaps something will happen. Im tired of being treated like a second rate computer user because i went with a mac. Equal Rights, Dammit!
Thanks to those who reply/
MBP 15" 2.16 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.9)