Members GigMan Posted May 9, 2010 Members Share Posted May 9, 2010 I am trying to hook up my Roland RD300GX to my 2.66ghz./4gb/duo core/20" iMac (OSX v10.5.8) to use as a MIDI controller for Garageband - actually, so my 7th gr. son the piano player can play w/it, his school play is looking for a few sound effects and musical cues, so I thought it'd be neat for him to try it doing them in GB... I can get GB to recognize an Oxygen 8 MIDI controller w/no problem & it trigger's GB's built-in sounds, which are actually pretty good, btw... but when I try connecting the RD300GX (via USB, since the 300GX has USB/built-in MIDI intfrc.), it won't trigger the GB sounds. I have the IAC driver activated in the Audio/MIDI utility of Mac OSX, which seems to handle recognizing the Oxygen 8 w/no problem - but do I have to add the RD300GX as a new device in Audio/MIDI? - - or do I actually need to download a driver specific to the Roland RD300GX? It doesn't say anything about that in the 300GX's manual. The Oxygen 8 is a tiny little 2 octave kybd. I borrowed from school - too small to play anything substantial, otherwise I'd use it... besides I like the feel of the Roland RD300GX for my son's playing - I'd like to use it. I suppose I could also take down the RD300GX and set up my Yam. S90ES instead but it's a beast and I'd rather not have to lug it out tonite if possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted May 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Ok I couldn't get the RD300GX to work w/Garageband so I set up my Yam. S90ES instead, downloaded the Mac USB driver, I changed the Output in the S90ES Utility section from MIDI to USB & connected S90ES to the iMac via USB. I can see that the S90ES is recognized as a device in the Audio/MIDI utility... yet I still can't get any sounds to trigger in Garageband - what am I missing? I see 8 "Ports" listed on the S90ES's Device icon in Audio/MIDI utility - not sure what the hell that's all about though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted May 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 ...never mind, I went back into the Utility section of the S90ES, saw that it was still on MIDI - changed it back to USB and it works! Maybe it defaults to MIDI when you turn off the S90ES? - - which I probably did, in frustration to get the thing working. All this to record 3 short musical cues for a middle school play - that and the fact that I've had the iMac since last summer and haven't messed w/Garageband much so at least now I'm set up to do so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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