Garageband recognizes midi but won't play

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Garageband recognizes midi but won't play

I have an ALesis QS7 Keyboard and a Yamaha UX15 midi to USB interface that I've plugged into my Macbook Pro in hopes of recording some midi tracks. Unfortunately, while I do get Garageband to recognize the midi, it doesn't respond when I play the keyboard. Can someone tell me what seetings I need in these areas:

System Pref --> Audio In

System Pref -> Audio Out

Garageband Pref -> Audio IN

Garageband Pref -> Audio Out

Audio Midi Utility

Basically, when I have Garageband open and I plug in the USB from the Yamaha, Garageband comes alive and says: "The number of MIDI inputs has changed. You now have one available" But the sound doesn't play.

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 22, 2013 1:46 PM

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Christoph Drösser

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Jun 22, 2013 2:13 PM in response to mikekmikek

There's nothing you have to set to receive midi signals.

First of all: are you trying to record to a software instrument track? Does it register any notes when you record? Does a little blue dot in the "LDC" window light up each time you strike a key on your keyboard?

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mikekmikek Author

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Jun 23, 2013 3:25 PM in response to Christoph Drösser

I am recording on a software track (green - piano). It doesn't register any notes when I record. I don't get a little blue dot in the LDC window when I strike a key on the keyboard.

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Jun 24, 2013 12:59 AM in response to mikekmikek

Okay, so the interface seems to be okay, but no notes are transmitted. Check your connections: have you connected the keyboard's midi out jack to the interface's midi in jack?

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mikekmikek Author

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Jun 24, 2013 8:01 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

I started out with the interface cable marked OUT to the OUT port on my keyboard and IN to IN. I thought that made sense, but after your suggestion I switched them to Out-->IN and IN-->OUT, but still nothing.

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mikekmikek Author

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Jun 25, 2013 6:22 PM in response to mikekmikek

Hey, I FINALLY got it to work. I took your suggestion and put In to Out and Out to In, and got nothing, but then as a final last resort I reset my QS7 to factory settings and it worked! Woohoo! This is an old keyboard I've had for years and obviously I had screwed around with the programming to the point that the MIDI settings were all messed up. Resetting the keyboards did the trick. Thanks for your help and patience!

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Jun 26, 2013 7:29 AM in response to mikekmikek

Glad you got it to work!

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