casio ctk 496: Garage Band cannot detect the keyboard!

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casio ctk 496: Garage Band cannot detect the keyboard!

hi everyone,

I need help. garage band does seem to detect my casio ctk 496 keyboard and i checked preferences and it shows that the there are 2 midi inputs detected.

interestingly, when i disconnect the usb cable i bought separately (i got a usb to midi cable), it says i have 1 midi input detected even tho i don't have any instrument connected to my computer.

under the audio input, there is only one option: built-in audio.

I suspect i need a driver but there doesn't seem to be any drivers on the casio website and the keyboard itself did not come with any disks

is it possible the keyboard is simply not compatible with the mac?

any help or advice is greatly appreciated! thanks!

Posted on Oct 19, 2005 8:13 PM

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Answer 1

arnip.

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Dec 25, 2005 5:12 PM in response to Joshua Lim

oh my gosh it works now! thank you so much!

Please, this is the closest I've got to knowing how to connect my Casio CTK800 to my iMac. Still there are no drivers on their website. Tell my how you did it.

Many thanks.

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HangTime

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Oct 19, 2005 11:10 PM in response to Joshua Lim

Do you have a Software track selected?

under the audio input, there is only one option: built-in audio.

This is correct, MIDI Audio. You'd only see another choice here if you had an Audio Interface connected

--HangTime [Will Compute for Food] B-)>

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Joshua Lim Author

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Oct 20, 2005 1:16 AM in response to Joshua Lim

hi hangtime,

thanks.

yes, i do have the software track selected.

I tried the keyboard on a pc and the pc detected the keyboard thru the cables so i think the keyboard and cables are working.

any further advice?

thanks a billion!

joshua lim

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Answer 4

Oct 21, 2005 9:55 AM in response to Joshua Lim

Hi Joshua,

Exactly how is the keyboard connected to the computer? The information I found on the keyboard shows no USB capability, so it would require a Midi interface connected to the computer, and a midi cable running from the midi out of the keyboard to the midi in on the interface. Then you need to configure the connection in the Audio Midi Setup utility found in /Applications/Utilities.

AppleCare Knowledge Base Document: Mac OS X 10.3 Help : Describing your MIDI system provides instructions on how to setup the midi connections.

Hope this helps!

AppleGuy

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Joshua Lim Author

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Oct 22, 2005 5:13 AM in response to Joshua Lim

oh my gosh it works now! thank you so much!

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