Garageband not seeing Midi inputs

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Garageband not seeing Midi inputs

I have Garageband 10.2. I have an older Roland D-50 keyboard using midi to usb. When I connect it to the MacPro, a message comes up saying a new midi input is recognized. When I go to Audio Midi Controller, the D-50 is recognized. But there seems to be no opportunity to select the midi as the input to record. When i press keys on the keyboard there is no sound detected or recorded on the track. Am I missing something or is there a problem with High Sierra? TIA,

Jeff

Mac Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), 2013 6 Core

Posted on Apr 4, 2018 12:18 PM

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Answer 1

HangTime

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Apr 4, 2018 1:42 PM in response to Jefferis Peterson

Jefferis Peterson wrote:

But there seems to be no opportunity to select the midi [controller] as the input to record.

there is nothing to select, that is for Audio input devices only.

at the bottom you can see that GB has detected your MIDI device:

Jefferis Peterson wrote:

When i press keys on the keyboard there is no sound detected or recorded on the track. Am I missing something or is there a problem with High Sierra?

that's a bit more difficult to guess.

since GB shows the device as detected, it doesn't appear to be a compatibility issue

only two possibilities come to mind:

1: your MIDI to USB connection is backward, if you're using an interface (IN to OUT, OUT to IN [though GB does not support MIDI-OUT])

2: be sure a software track is selected

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