Oh my God! it's so funny you'd mention that about Reaper. I just!
literally! just! like not even 3 minutes, literally! ago wrote the Reapers
Without Peapers e-mail list to let them know that I tried Reaper just now on
the Mac, and oh?... my... God! Ab, suh, lootly? beautiful! I honestly on
the mac side didn't have very high hopes, however, it is simply put in one
word: Gorgeous! I don't think even one single element wasn't correctly
labeled. Even the track strips themselves and all of the settings within
them are totally! accessibly adjustable. Needless to say, though I still
intend to use ProTools primarily, and not Reaper for now, I have bought
Reaper and now have it both on my mac, and my Windows machine and am
incredibly impressed on both sides of the fence. I'd highly highly
recommend you all try it out! There is a 60 day trial, so it's not like you
have to buy it right now today. Then, after that, it's only $60!
Considerring it's a full fledged DAW, and yes, it does do midi, though I
haven't yet worked out exactly how, in comparison to Logic X, or ProTools,
this is an absolutely brilliant! solution. No ILok or anything stupid like
that either. Just a simple key that gets e-mail to you. You either can
copy and paste it, or, they even attach a file to an e-mail for you which
you can browse for, and import which automatically will unlock it for you.
I'm simply over here now salivating!
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]>
To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac
I wonder if Reaper would be any help? I'm not up with MIDI stuff.
On 5/04/2015 10:12 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows
Sequencer for the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed. I just wanted to be sure that you
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds. A lot of
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds
out the keyboard.
I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have
gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable
or whatever in wasn't working.
Pardon the novel-writing. Did you get anything helpful though out of my
message? I hope so?
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Devin Prater" <[email protected]>
To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac
Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily
learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can just
play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone
through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low
quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the
keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good
and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<[email protected]> wrote:
You're talking two totally different things here.
Let's get one thing totally straight. Midi isn't audio. All that
midi basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered
events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. Basically 0 means the event
is off, while 1 means it is on. Every single thing you do with the
keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they are called. I
understand this isn't what you're asking, but to answer your question,
I have to define this, so you'll understand in a second where I am
going with this. So what happens with midi is, these events are sent
to your midi hardware or software controller either on the input, or
on the output side. Trust me with this, I am an audio engineer, so I
know what I'm talking about, believe me. I've done this stuff for
years. Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I definitely
don't, but this much, I do! know.
OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand...
The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi. If you don't
plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main
Stage might be your best bet. The thing however is, just know that if
you want to get the sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little
more work. First of all, does your keyboard have built in speakers?
If not, you'll need to somehow get the keyboard going to a line source
like the line in of your mac, or to a mixer etc. I don't know your
setup, so it's kind of hard for me to really determine e everything
right up front without more info.
You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because
obviously, the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and
through ports. There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would
work with this. Basically, it's a Y cable. One end has 3 of the male
round plugs. One for in, one for out, and one for through. So, you'd
connect that end to your keyboard, and leave the through cable
dangling if you don't have a through port on the keyboard... it won't
hurt anything. The other end is a standard USB plug. That would go
into the USB port on your mac. I think they're somewhere like around
$50 or so. Amazong should have them. I've had mine for about 5 years
now, so I can't tell ya if they still exist, but, I'd definitely look.
If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi plugs,
then just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll be good
to go.
If you want to then play midi with the built in instruments, then
you'll open up your DAW, (Digital Audio workstation,) of choice, be it
Garageband, Audacity, whatever, and you'll want to set your midi
output to your keyboard midi controller. So, if you're using an Uno,
or some sort of midi to USB converter, it should, provided you have
the drivers properly installed, show up in your output list. You'd
just pick it, and boom, you're done. Now you'll play the midi file
just like you normally would and it then should come out your keyboard
speakers, or if no speakers, it'll get routed to your keyboard's line
out/headphone out which you then have fed back into a line in source
of some type.
If you wanna record using the sounds in the keyboard, this gets a
little more complecated. Basically, keeping it general, and
elementary, you'd need, even if there are! built in speakers, to
connect a stereo patch cable to the line out, preferred, or if you
don't have one, the headphone jack of the keyboard, and the other end
into a channel on your interface/mixer, or if you don't have one, then
directly to your line in on the mac. Fire up your DAW of choice.
Open the midi file, or record it like normal, then in your project,
create a stereo audio track for your final master mix, arm it for
recording if needed, then making sure none of your midi tracks are
armed, so you don't accidentally record over them, hit record in the
software of your choice, and then basically allow the midi to play
through your keyboard, and get routed out the keyboard to the line in
of your mixer/interface/line in jack on the mac, therefore capturing
that audio and recording it to the stereo audio track you just
created. Then, once done, delete all the midi tracks from the
project, leaving only the one audio track, and then mix/bounce/render,
however the DAW calls it, it down to either a wave file, or an mp3.
Preferably a wave file, so that it won't be compressed or with any
artifacts. You can later go back and encode that wave to an mp3 file,
if it be needed.
I do offer tech support on this type thing, so if you need help, give
me a call on Monday, and I can definitely help you with this. My
rates are $15 an hour, or $25 flat rate for unlimited tech support
during business hours for one whole month. I take PayPal, and I also
can over the phone process Visa and Mastercards if it be a last
resort. I prefer PayPal though as the other way can be a bit dicy for
some people. Just know though, it is an option. PayPal Here is my
processor if you go that avenue, so it's totally 100% secure.
If you want to do this and take advantage of my support options, my
support phone number is:
704-594-2225. Hours are Mon-Fri. 8AM to 5PM, closed on weekends and
holidays. These times are quoted according to eastern standard time.
I hope that I've been of help.
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Devin Prater" <[email protected]>
To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 4:35 PM
Subject: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac
Hi all. I mac a lovely midi keyboard… Well it will be when I find the
midi -to-usb cable… Its a Yamaha keyboard with its own built-in
instruments. I really would rather use its instruments instead of the
garageband ones, and would rather have a program that simply makes
midi files, like QWS on Windows. Are there any apps that can do that
for the Mac?
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