Troubles with electric pianos with MIDI in/outputs and Logic 8
Hi,
I have an old Roland 1700L electric piano from early nineties that has some MIDI ports on it's back and when I plug it into my computer to use it to play some of Logic's software instruments (via a small MIDI-USB hub), Logic (or GarageBand) reads it, but when I start to play, all sorts of problems pop up. For one, if I'm trying to play more than, say, 4 notes at once, the thing seems to go overbord and simply plays the notes on a loop. It sustains the note endlessly. That or it doesn't play at all, but the main difficulty is the sustain.
My reasoning was that this is a very old piano with very old MIDI ports, so the new complex software instruments from Logic are just too complicated for the piano to handle without it chugging and losing control.
This is the conclusion I've come to and I've decided I will probably sell this electric piano and buy a new (I would bring my Macbook Pro to the piano store and try it out on the piano I wish to buy to make sure it works). But before I do this, does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is happening?
This is the only piano that does this for me. I can run other electric pianos and MIDI controllers through Logic but this one here is the one in my home, and therefore most practical while recording.
Any help would be a appreciated.
I've tried around on other message boards around the internet and none were very kind or informative. Thank you in advance!
Message was edited by: Patrick Ford-Belisle
I have an old Roland 1700L electric piano from early nineties that has some MIDI ports on it's back and when I plug it into my computer to use it to play some of Logic's software instruments (via a small MIDI-USB hub), Logic (or GarageBand) reads it, but when I start to play, all sorts of problems pop up. For one, if I'm trying to play more than, say, 4 notes at once, the thing seems to go overbord and simply plays the notes on a loop. It sustains the note endlessly. That or it doesn't play at all, but the main difficulty is the sustain.
My reasoning was that this is a very old piano with very old MIDI ports, so the new complex software instruments from Logic are just too complicated for the piano to handle without it chugging and losing control.
This is the conclusion I've come to and I've decided I will probably sell this electric piano and buy a new (I would bring my Macbook Pro to the piano store and try it out on the piano I wish to buy to make sure it works). But before I do this, does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is happening?
This is the only piano that does this for me. I can run other electric pianos and MIDI controllers through Logic but this one here is the one in my home, and therefore most practical while recording.
Any help would be a appreciated.
I've tried around on other message boards around the internet and none were very kind or informative. Thank you in advance!
Message was edited by: Patrick Ford-Belisle
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