So I decided I want to tinker with GarageBand, but it seems no matter what I do, play my own track with a korg nanokey or play a downloaded NIN garageband project - I can't get any sound to actually play back. Other applications on this MBA play sound just fine and I did try going though all the Output options under Preferences / Audio/MIDI, to no avail. Ideas?
OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
FINALLY! I just created a new account on this machine and under it, GarageBand behaves as expected, sound playback works and so do the "New Track" buttons/options. Going back to my regular account, the problem persisted. So I searched for and wiped out everything GarageBand-related under ~/Library as the "broken" user and voila, everything works now.
FINALLY! I just created a new account on this machine and under it, GarageBand behaves as expected, sound playback works and so do the "New Track" buttons/options. Going back to my regular account, the problem persisted. So I searched for and wiped out everything GarageBand-related under ~/Library as the "broken" user and voila, everything works now.
Have you checked the Track Heads?
Have you checked the Master Tarck settings (Track menu > Show Master Track). There is also a volume slider for the master volume.
Another thing to check are the settings in the AUdio Midi Utility. Launch this app from Applications > Utilities:
Check, if the frequency for the internal speakers is set correctly:
-- Léonie
You can enable more buttons from the "Track" menu: "Track > Trackheader ". From there you can enabe the other options to show.
I can't get any sound to actually play back.
All sources you mentioned are third party products - your Korg keyboard, audio files. As a tets - can you get GarageBand to play sound, if you simply open a vocal track and speak or sing something?
Here's what my GarageBand looks like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cn2mu4kwvrxq8by/Screenshot%202014-02-17%2023.25.48.png
No track has a headphone icon, no track has a mute button and the volume sliders look correct. My Audio MIDI Utility also matches your screenshot.
I couldn't find the "input monitoring" button however or locate the part of your screenshot that says "Solo" in my GarageBand.
The "musical typing" keyboard built into GarageBand produces no sounds either and neither do the guitar lessons.
my GarageBand is mute?
