Musical Typing Keyboard is Muted

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Musical Typing Keyboard is Muted

Hi. I'm using Garageband '11 for the first time. I followed a tutorial online for using the Musical Typing Keyboard to add sounds effects in real-time to a podcast.

However, I must have done something wrong, because when I type in the Musical Typing Keyboard, I don't hear anything. It did make a sound at first, but now it won't. I still tried to record on the track using the Musical Typing Keyboard and when I played it back, I didn't hear anything.

The sound setting for that track is not set to off. And I can still hear other tracks.

So, I'm assuming there is a simple way to make the Musical Typing keyboard work again. I just don't know how.

Thanks.

M

Posted on Nov 13, 2011 12:03 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 13, 2011 4:52 AM in response to Mirsky

Underneath the name of the software instrument are two small icons. The one on the left is of a speaker with a slash through it. That's a mute button that silences the track. Make sure it is NOT selected.

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Answer 2

Nov 20, 2014 1:34 PM in response to MattiMattMatt

Hi. I had this trouble also. I was using musical typing, then I switched tracks and did other things, then came back and it did not work. I don't know what I might have hit in the interim that turned it off. The mouse/cursor still plays music, but the keyboard does not.

In fact, when I type now on the keyboard, the whole screen greys out. But this doesn't seem to be all the keys; for example, 'R" still starts recording.

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OK, so it's now a minute later and the mute button WAS on for that track. I swear I checked it! Consider this solved for now.

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Nope. Well, it worked for a minute there, then stopped again after I moved a track. What is going on here? Yeesh.

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Answer 3

Nov 21, 2014 8:43 AM in response to léonie

Good thoughts, but it's the grand piano and I'm right in the middle of the keyboard -- and, again, I can play it with the mouse, just not the keyboard. I can even record using the mouse on the keyboard. And some keys, like 'R' for Record, work. But no notes play and trhe screen whites out when I try to play, for example, 'A' through 'L'.

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