Hi gordon, In order to use your keyboard in GB, first create a project in the project window. choose the piano template for starts. That'll crete a one track project with a grand piano assigned to the track. your keyboard should play the piano sounds now if it's hooked up right. All that's necessary to do is plug it in and perhaps check any settings in "audio/MIDI in GB preferences You can reassign synths to that track or any software track in the track info pane. bring it up with command+I. . there in the browser, arrow left and right to move between instrument categories, and up and down to select a different instrument in that category. use your keyboard to sample the sounds as you arrow around. These are "software" tracks, as opposed to "real" tracks, which are used for audio instead of MIDI. Add new tracks by pressing command-option-N and select "software" as the track type. immediately after creating the new track, assign an instrument to it in the track info pane because that's about the only way you'll be able to identify the track later - by its sound.
To work with your tracks, you go into the arrange layout area, and drill down into the tracks area - not the track headers area. Arrowing up and down will move you between your tracks, and right and left will move you through the timeline. That should get you going a little for now, I'm working from memory here,, but I'll be able to answer your questions in full later.I use GB mostly for audio recording, but do a little midi with an m-audio keyboard as well. On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > This is a question which may have been answered at some point. But I'm > unclear on how this "works, so I thought I'd raise the subject again. I have > an M Audio keyboard which is one that's been %modified so that it only works > on a mac, with Garage Band, ProTools etc.. Given that all I do have is the > keyboard, could somebody conxplain to me how, or even whether I could, for > instance, record a multitrack audio composition using virtual instruments > such as a drum kit, guitar and so on? > Yes, I know this sounds incredibly dumb. But despite aspirations to do so, I > never got around to sitting down and seriously working on this kind of > project, until now. If I'm able to do so, I'd love to start getting > creative. I just purchased an audio mixer which incorpolates a > multi-programme FX processor, with a whole host of options and filters to > improve things like vocal tracks and instrument tracks. This has sparked off > my enthusiasm again, and this time I'd like to follow it up properly. > I have not ruled out investing money in the purchase of ProTools either. The > only thing that's stopped me so far is the fact that I don't see any way of > purchasing and downloading the software. Avid have an excelent offer on an > audio interface though, so I might take that up. > Anyway, thank you in advance of any explanation. I gchess it's just the > concept of how virtual instruments work which is getting to me. > Kind regards > Gordon Smith > Mac Access > Telephone: > United Kingdom, Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > Mobile: > +44 (0) 7907 823971 > Europe and Other Non-Specified > +44 1642 688095 > Uñited States & Canada: > +1 646 9151493 Orcc +1 209 4369443 > Australasia: > +61 38 820593 > Or: > +61 39 0284505 > Fax: > +44 (0) 1642 365123 > Follow Us On Twitter: > <httpcc//wwwddtqitter.comstmaciosaccess@ > > > > This Message Was Written Using 100%p Recycled Electrons, On Gordon's > BrailleNote Apex BT > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
