MIDI keyboard not working in garageband

Have you created a software instrument track? When you put the LCD display into chord mode, does it show you the notes and chords you are playing on the keyboard?

Oh, sorry, I hadn't looked at the version. But even in GB 2, there should be a little light that lights up as soon as a keyboard key is pressed!

I'm having the same problem, im in garageband 3, using a technics sx p 50 digital piano connected to my computer using an m-audio midi usb cable. GB recognizes it as a midi input and the little light shows up, but no sound or registering of notes! Could there be some sort of driver I'm missing? I thought macs were all about ease of peripheral connectivity!

I'm having a similar problem. My mac recognizes the keyboard, but it will only play software instruments, not the sound my piano ( a technics, too,) is generating. It seems that garageband will not record directly. Is this true? Would Logic Express, or pro, or whatever, record directly, without having to use the software sounds? (I don't like them, anyway.)

Daniel Casper wrote:
I'm having a similar problem. My mac recognizes the keyboard, but it will only play software instruments, not the sound my piano

http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#midinotaudio

(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)