I have found that the R key for recording does not work reliably when the musical keyboard is active. you'll have to click the record button instead of use the letter R shortcut when using the musical keyboard (command shift k).
As to selecting other instruments, that is done in the track info pane. you get there by pressing command I, then interacting with the info pane that appears. . you then browse the instruments list and whatever instrument you are currently on will play as you press the qwerty keys with musical typing turned on. I assume you are working with only 1 track at this point. When you start adding tracks, you use the arrow keys (up and down) to select the track you want to play. But, the tracks are not named or announced, , so you have to either figure out what track you're on by the instrument that plays, or by memorizing their position in the track area. When you finally get to the point where you're selecting and editing audio track regions, it will be important to set the mouse to track the VO cursor as you will need to mouse click at the various regions in order to select them four editting, cutting, pasting, joining, etc. you can't route the mouse to VO as needed, because doing so causes GB to crash. But having the mouse track VO causes no problems and you can click the regions as needed. A word about track types. When you select "piano" as the track type, GB is creating a standard software instrument track and setting it to "piano". you can change the instrument type as I detailed above. the other type of track is a "real" track, which simply means an audio track. For real tracks, you can set the input to whatever equipment you have eternal microphones, internal microphone, guitar inputs etc - it all depends on what equipment you have. Personally, I use a Roland QuadCapture audio interface which allows me to plug in two XLR type microphones, or a Hi-Z instrument. On Dec 22, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Andy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all - > > Ok, I can get the grand piano to play by doing the following: > > Open GB. > > Select new project. > > VO arrow right once to project templates, interact and choose grand piano. > > Stop interacting and VO right arrow across to the choose button, and click it. > > This brings up the new project from templates screen with the option to save > the project settings just chosen. > > I click the create button, and can then turn on the music typing with CMD > shift K. > > I can now play the piano using the home row and the qwerty rows of keys on my > keyboard. So far, I am unable to record anything, pressing the letter r may > or may not work, as I can't find how to play back, I don't know. > > The other thing is that I can't seem to choose any other instruments other > than the piano, when I do, and try to play, using the qwerty keys, there is > no sound! > Anybody move me on? > > Oh yes, I'm running version 6.0.5 of GB under Mountain Lion. > > Thanks - > > Andy > > <--- 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/>
