How can I get it so my midi keyboard sound comes out of my mac speakers?

it is fine i use logic on a macbook pro. a macbook is fine as well.

open logic the click on the menu bar: Logic > preferences > audio > audio then click the driver tab.

when it asks you to relaunch logic agree to that.

you can also run the startup assistant by opening logic then selecting that option from the preferences menu.

if this doesn't help give us a update, and we will go from there.

good luck and welcome to the forum. logic is a deep application, but a good tool. take some time to search the forum for the answers for you questions, and reference the hard copies of the manuals, or select the help menu in the application.

FP
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when you click the driver tab you want to check enable core audio driver
then you choose microphone or line in. microphone if you want to record via microphone, or line in if you want to plug say a guitar into the line in jack of the mac book. this will enable core audio so that you can hear you logic instruments via you macbook speakers. make sure in the applications > utilities > audio midi setup you have built-in audio as default output.

your m-audio is a controller only. it does not produce sounds. it is just used to trigger logics instruments.

refer to manual on how to load a logic instrument on an audio instrument track.

very basic setup you are using. i have provided ample info for getting you up and going

output.

your m-audio is a controller only. it does not
produce sounds. it is just used to trigger logics
instruments.

This isn't true as far as I know. The Prokeys 88 has its own internal sounds.

Best
Rob

Your keyboard sounds are generated internally in the keyboard itself right?

So if you want to hear the sounds of your Pro Keys 88 through your Mac speakers, then you must have your keyboard outputs connected to the inputs of a sound card going into your computer.

The inputs could be the stereo miniplug of the Mac, but I would purchase something with at least four or six inputs. I don't know what your budget is, but Edirol makes some cheap ones. No idea of the quality. I hear they work.

In logic you have to have an aux channel set up to accept the inputs of your soundcard, (or the stereo miniplug input of the Mac) and then you should hear your keyboard.

Is this what you want to do? There are a few other steps you might not get with this, (creating a multi-instrument) but I wanted to make sure you were getting your actual issue solved.

Or did you simply want your Prokeys 88 to trigger software instruments in Logic. i.e. an Audio Instrument track with a software synth, piano, organ etc inserted in the input.

This is much easier to do. Choose an Audio Instrument track. Load up a synth or piano in the input tab in the channel strip on the bottom left of the screen. Make sure your keyboard is transmitting midi messages to that channel. (you can change them also)

you should hear something right away I think. Hit record and away you go.

This is not using the internal sounds of your keyboard at all.

Don't know if this is what you want.

Best
Rob

If anything, you are not hearing the sounds of your keyboard in Garageband, you are hearing the selected instrument track.

You are not hearing anything in Logic because you have in most likelihood selected a GM MIDI tracks as opposed to an audio instrument track. The one piece of documentation that you should be reading is the Logic 7 For Garageband Users as it explains the difference between these tracks.

In short, you need to select an Audio Instrument track and assign an instrument, such as the EVP88. For there, you will hear a sound when you play your keyboard.

jord

checkout the manual or go to http://seminars.apple.com and checkout some basic features of logic.

as far as sounds in your pro88. have another go at this list http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/KeystationPro88-focus.html there is no mention of built in sounds, an oscillator, or anything that states the pro88 produces sounds.

please have the patience to take direction if you are going to come here for help. bucking the system will just make you look like an * and prolongs the time that it takes to get you making music.

thanks,

FP

your m-audio is a controller only. it does not produce sounds. it is just used to trigger logics instruments.
refer to manual on how to load a logic instrument on an audio instrument track.
very basic setup you are using. i have provided ample info for getting you up and going

i pointed this out here.

drrr.

dude. i am totally sorry. i got the poster confused.
i've a bad day.. should have refrained from posting at all. plz accept apology.

i did however tell you to load a logic instrument on an audio instrument track.

FP