Thanks for that and its appreciated far more than you realise, makes me
fully appreciate why I bothered banging on about Reaper for the last 3
years <smile>.
On 5/04/2015 10:58 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
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"
<grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
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
<clgillan...@gmail.com> 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" <d.pra...@me.com>
To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
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
<clgillan...@gmail.com> 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" <d.pra...@me.com>
To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
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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