Everyone,Please help! I am using LogicPro 9.1.8 on a Mac OSX Macbook. I have been trying for months to get the keyboard, a Yamaha YPG-235 to play through Logic, with no luck.
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I hook it up direct with a USB cable, and I do have the correct MIDI driver installed, I double-checked with Yamaha. I do the whole 'compose' thing, pick 'external MIDI', check the library, and hit 'open.' The program does recognize the instrument, as it shows it as 'Yamaha' in the library.
The latest version of Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver is 1.3 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for Device Assistants in the System Tools category. The app is developed by Yamaha. Jan 14, 2020 Yamaha USB-MIDI driver must be properly installed. If the procedure is wrong we cannot use programs like MixMaster, XGWorks, Musicsoft Downloader, Cakewalk.
If I play any of the keys on my instrument, the key will register down at the bottom of the screen (C4, D3, etc.) but no sound is coming from the computer's speakers. I know they work, loops on the program play through it fine. I did try shutting off the internal sound generator on the keyboard using the 'PC2' setting, which from what I read is the correct one. However, sound still comes out of only the keyboard. Please help, this has been driving me crazy!Steve. Yes, for now choose software instrument and choose a setting in the Library. That means your Yamaha keyboard is only used as a controller sending MIDI notes (not sound) to your Mac, and in Logic, an instrument is turning those MIDI notes into sound.
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So you're using the instruments that are in Logic.If you want to use the sounds of the Yamaha keyboard you'd have to hook up its audio outputs to audio inputs on your audio interface, and record those inputs onto an audio track. In that case in Logic, create an external MIDI track and choose the Yamaha from the Library. Amazing, that worked!!! Dave, thanks SO much for figuring that out and solving a month of frustration! Next-you did guess what I want to do next, which is use the sounds built into the keyboard.
I read the instructions you gave, just a couple of things:1. What is an 'audio interface?' Is that a separate sort of control box I need to purchase?2. I am a little unclear about 'record those inputs onto an audio track.' Does this mean record into an audio interface, then somehow separately run that track into Logic?Again, much thanks!!! (continued) you could use the built-in interface although you'll get a better sound quality with a 3rd party audio interface. There are all sorts of choices depending on the budget and the desired quality.
If you want to buy one, start a new thread in the Music Production Techniques and Gear forum, you'll get good advice!2. The audio interface is just the box that converts the audio signal into a stream of 0s and 1s delivered through FireWire or USB or PCI cards to a computer. It works in real time but doesn't store any recording. You are recording the audio data as an audio file in your computer, and it is displayed as one more audio track in your Arrange area.Hope that helps?
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