I am new at this. What do I need to connect yamaha keyboard to my Macbook Pro. Also,
can I play the keyboard and create other instruments with the sounds in garageband?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
If your Yamaha keyboard has a USB interface then you can connect it to a USB port on your Mac. Launch GarageBand and (the chances are very good that) the keyboard will be recognized as a MIDI input device. If your keyboard is an older model with just a MIDI connection then you will need a MIDI to USB cable; these are avaialble but not widely used anymore. Once the keyboard is attached and recognized in GarageBand there will be one track already created as a default in your first empty project. To record you will need to click the red circle at the bottom of the window.
From the panel on the right you will be able to select any other sound that you can patch to successive tracks where you will be able to use your keyboard to 'control' the sound (hence the term: MIDI controller).
Thanks! I am heading out to buy a cable right now!
I am glad that this helpful to you.
Mine isn't recognizing the keyboard as a midi input... I have restarted and installed the driver onto my macbook... however GarageBand is not "aware" of the keyboard... I have a Yamaha DGX_530 if that helps.
Thanks!
Is it the current driver or some old version that came with your keyboard? Look here:
new - how do I record my yamaha keyboard in garageband.
