usb midi driver for older Edirol sk-500 keyboard for use in Intel Mac Pro

Question

Level 1

25 points

usb midi driver for older Edirol sk-500 keyboard for use in Intel Mac Pro

I have just moved to an Intel Mac Pro from my old G4 Power Mac. I was using a Edirol (Roland ED) SK-500 usb midi controller in both Garageband and Logic. The old driver doesn't want to work in the new Intel machine. Checked Edirol's site and didn't find anything newer to use and nothing that addressed the Intel situation explicitly.

Does anyone have a newer compatible driver or some other solution for this issue?

Thanks,

Gord

Intel Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 Xeon, 2 gig ram, 1.2 terabyte storage Mac OS X (10.4.8)

intel mac pro 2 x 2.66 xeon, 2 gig ram, 1 terabyte storage Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 11, 2006 6:26 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Dec 11, 2006 6:52 AM in response to Gord Glendon

SK-500 is a discontinued product and I do not think Edirol will ever release a Universal Binary driver. I'd suggest you sell it, and buy their PCR-M50/80 keyboard (these are awesome) or if you also want sounds, get the Roland Juno-G synth (128 voices polyphony, 1000+ sounds, full-blown synth and 5 effects processors). All these work as USB MIDI controllers with Universal Binary drivers.

Reply

Answer 2

Gord Glendon Author

Level 1

25 points

Dec 11, 2006 7:21 AM in response to Artemiy Pavlov

I figured as much.

Thanks for the advice.

I suppose the other option for the moment, since I blew all my spare cash on the computer, is to get a cheap USB to midi box and just use the controller's midi output.

Thanks,

Gord

Reply

Answer 3

Dec 11, 2006 7:28 AM in response to Gord Glendon

Edirol's UM-1EX costs about $40 and has a Universal Binary driver:
http://www.roland.com/products/en/UM-1EX/

Reply