Sorry to be such a noob, but I want to record via USB to my mac. I really want to record using the p105 voice, as in making a genuine recording of what is being played on the p105 that I can then save or whatever. I've tried using garage band, but I'm pretty sure it's using a standard piano voice and not the p105 voice. Feel free to pour scorn on my general ineptitude. P.S As you can probably gather, I'm looking for the simplest possible way to do this! Just a plain line-in recording of a piece. (ad) ROLAND Re: Recording p105 to mac 05/17/13 06:26 AM 05/17/13 06:26 AM Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 75.

Nah - don't worry because this is the sort of thing you run into all the time with midi/digital audio recording. For one thing, your computer (if it's running though ordinary small computer speakers) is going to render the piano sound very differently than your piano speakers or headphones.

There may be four things happening here: 1. It's a midi recording of the piano and it's triggering your piano on play back 2. It's a midi recording of the piano but it's triggering some internal sounds from the computer.

It's an audio recording of the piano. It's an audio recording of internal 'piano' sounds from your computer. To check for one, turn down the volume of the piano on playback.if the sound goes off, its' scenario 1. To check for three, make a new recording with the volume of the piano down (or experiment putting it up and down).

If volume is off, or goes up and down, it's scenario 3 Scenarios 2 & 4 are using sounds from inside the computer - So using the recorder in the computer, you should be able to change the sound.the piano may be just a default or it's somehow sussed out you're playing a piano sound in the DP. From what you describe, it sounds like 3) Try recording different sounds from your p105 - see what happens.

Gvfarns is right about the audio cables - that's what you'll need to record the sound of the DP. Either get a cable to run from the keyboard's line out to the computer's line in, or from the keyboard's headphone jack to the computer's line in (you may have to experiment a bit to figure out how to get the best quality). Very important: with GarageBand, there are two types of tracks: virtual (software) instrument tracks, which record MIDI data and play it through GB's virtual instrument sounds, and real instrument tracks, which record audio. When you run the line from your keyboard to the computer, make sure you are recording on a real instrument track. It sounds like what you have been doing is using a virtual instrument track and it has been using GarageBand's built-in piano sample. Also, with GarageBand it is not possible to play MIDI data through an external device such as your DP - the MIDI data can only be played through the software's sample sets (unless there has been a change in a recent version that I'm not aware of). Thomas Williams said.with GarageBand it is not possible to play MIDI data through an external device such as your DP - the MIDI data can only be played through the software's sample sets (unless there has been a change in a recent version that I'm not aware of).

That is a rather strange omission on Apple Mac's part since routing the midi-out to a chosen location has been a feature of midi sequencers (as they were called then) since the mid 1980's. In fact, the Apple Mac was one of the few computers that could run professional music software such as Cubase back then.the other was the Atari ST. If it can receive midi signals, why would it not be able to send them out again? Thomas Williams said: That is a rather strange omission on Apple Mac's part since routing the midi-out to a chosen location has been a feature of midi sequencers (as they were called then) since the mid 1980's. In fact, the Apple Mac was one of the few computers that could run professional music software such as Cubase back then.the other was the Atari ST. If it can receive midi signals, why would it not be able to send them out again?

Good question. Maybe the better question is why Apple omitted that functionality from the program. The thing is, GarageBand isn't designed as a general purpose MIDI sequencer - and it isn't professional grade software either (though it could be used for some limited professional applications). I was using it for rudimentary audio recording long before I had much use for the virtual instruments. (Come to think of it, I still have barely used the virtual instruments at all - although I have experimented a bit in recent months with what they can do.) But yes - the addition of a MIDI sequencing function with the ability to send the messages to external devices would improve the usefulness of GarageBand immensely for some. Thanks as always guys. So far, I have established the following: Whichever voice I select on the p105, a piano voice still plays through my computer speakers.

Both the piano speakers and the keyboard speakers play at the same time. If I turn the p105 volume down to nothing, a piano voice still plays through the computer speakers. It sounds very similar to the p105, but I know that doesn't really mean anything. Changing the voice on the piano does not change the voice on the computer. Does that help with the diagnosis?

Re: Recording p105 to mac 05/17/13 04:25 PM 05/17/13 04:25 PM Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 75. Thanks as always guys. So far, I have established the following: Whichever voice I select on the p105, a piano voice still plays through my computer speakers. Both the piano speakers and the keyboard speakers play at the same time. If I turn the p105 volume down to nothing, a piano voice still plays through the computer speakers. It sounds very similar to the p105, but I know that doesn't really mean anything. Changing the voice on the piano does not change the voice on the computer.

Does that help with the diagnosis? This means you are definitely using a software instrument track on GarageBand.

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The piano sound coming from your computer speakers is GarageBand's virtual piano sample. (You can change the tone to another of GarageBand's virtual instrument sounds, if you wish - but that's another subject.) Your DP is playing its own sample through its own speakers, while the USB connection is sending MIDI messages to GarageBand, causing it to play the notes from the virtual instrument that you have selected (a piano sound by default). Also, is it definitely the case that USB does not allow direct audio recording? I think I'm right that one of you suggested this may be the cause.

Really all I want is to record myself playing and have a saved file, preferably of the exact same sound from the p105. Yes, I'm pretty sure this is correct. I don't own a P105, but my understanding is that the USB connection on this model (and pretty much any keyboard with a USB connection) is solely for the transmission of MIDI data, not audio signals.

To record audio from your DP, you will need audio cables which you must run either from the output jacks on the back panel or from a headphone jack, and either plug them into your computer's line-in or into an external audio interface. Then, in GarageBand, when you select 'create new track,' be sure to select 'real instrument track.' (From this point, you'll find there are controls in GarageBand for adjusting the recording level and other audio parameters.). Also, is it definitely the case that USB does not allow direct audio recording? Definitely the case.

No DP anywhere allows audio recording over USB. You need to run an audio cable from a line-out or headphone jack to the line-in of your computer. The line out (aux out) will produce better results. What gvfarns and Thomas Williams said. The USB connection does not pass audio-only MIDI.

It's that simple. Re: Recording p105 to mac 05/17/13 08:17 PM 05/17/13 08:17 PM Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,615. Sorry to say, but the p-105 will not work with a Mac. As in, it will not be able to send/receive MIDI messages thru USB. Yes you can rec Audio thru an audio interface but not MIDI. The reason being Yamaha does not have the Mac drivers for it. I too have the p-105.

It communicated midi messages to an Wndows PC after installing the drivers, but not to an MAC. I don't get it. Why they haven't made drivers for MAC, assuming most of the musicians use a MAC. ONly hope would be to wait till make drivers for Mac. Sorry to say, but the p-105 will not work with a Mac. As in, it will not be able to send/receive MIDI messages thru USB. Yes you can rec Audio thru an audio interface but not MIDI.

The reason being Yamaha does not have the Mac drivers for it. I too have the p-105. It communicated midi messages to an Wndows PC after installing the drivers, but not to an MAC. I don't get it.

Why they haven't made drivers for MAC, assuming most of the musicians use a MAC. ONly hope would be to wait till make drivers for Mac. There must be something wrong with the set up. It is unthinkable that you cannot play a p105 to Mac via USB. Maybe you need to enable something in the program you're running in Mac, in the MIDI options window. It seems that Yamaha devices are not MIDI-USB Class compliant and then need a specific driver. A look at the MIDI-USB driver sources of Linux shows 3 initialization functions:.

for USB MIDI Class compliant devices,. for Yamaha devices,. for some other devices (with a table of specific models). A generic driver of other operating systems could only have the first one. NOTA: According to, support page, I would have said that there is no Mac driver. And would be wrong as Morodiene has a better link. For what it's worth: I found that GarageBand (on 10.9 Mavericks) was able to recognize the P105 as a MIDI device with no additional effort.

I've also found OSX drivers at But as for being able to get the.SMF file from the keyboard to my Mac, well.if I had a Windows machine anywhere near the keyboard I'd be able to use the Musicsoft Downloader But I don't. Crossover Mac (a nice wrapper around Wine) is able to run this Windows program on a Mac, once the workaround described at is applied.but there's some sort of driver issue that seems to be causing me to not be able to see the keyboard. Ax4b-533 drivers for mac download.

So.I'm stuck using GarageBand unless somebody's worked out how to transfer the recording that's saved on the P105 onto a Mac.

Glad I joined up!! But if I Want to record a sound that is on the keyboard in Reaper, would I need to get an audio interface like an M Box? Thanks for checking that out for me.

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It’s kinda spammish but I have a Yamaha Pro note keyboard that I am looking to part with. Uploader: Date Added: 21 August 2016 File Size: 9.62 Mb Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/2003/7/8/10 MacOS 10/X Downloads: 24630 Price: Free.Free Regsitration Required I think all of these arrangers allow you to individual mute and edit tracks directly, however I prefer to do it in Cubase. Yamaha MM6 and midi output – Cockos Incorporated Forums I think the pro is too big and complex for my simple needs.

I have dwnlded the pro tools first to get me started and opened an Avid account also. Yamaha mm6 midi MM6 is not a good choice for yamaha mm6 midi purpose because it only has general midi instruments, 1 drum kit, and isn’t designed to handle Yamaha’s more advanced XG midi file format.

Can the Yamaha MM6 be used as a midi yamaha mm6 midi player? I load a song into Cubase and spend a couple of hours rearranging it to take advantage of the instruments on my PSR-S, before I load it onto the keyboard or a USB flash for the final result. USB contoller and computer for piano? This software is handy just to look at sheet music and also to transpose some midi files into a different key.

In my experience, midi songs that you purchase or download will require significant editing in order to make them play correctly, and even more editing to make them sound good. Glad I joined up!! Can the Yamaha MM6 be used as a midi file player? This is not what I need. Also, why would you reccommend an audio interface?

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I mean the voice shown over display, namely yamaha mm6 midi voice of yamaha mm6 midi internal tone generator. For anything more complicated then it’s Sonar. Yeh, I agree that the acoustic sounds on those psr-s keyboards are brilliant. I have spent a lot of time in the Newbie section lately m,6 lol -Steve. Originally Posted by RichardM. You really cant do anything except play back a midi file and hope it will work ok.

Viewing topic “Control mm6 via midi”. What do yamaha mm6 midi use? No panning is a big yanaha. Indeed, feel free to suggest alternatives to the MM6 even if it can do that. Hi all Im putting together a pro tools studio long after waitng and recording on my Tascam I read on several product descriptions that it is USB compatible.

Show Printable Version Email this Page. We realize price is yamaha mm6 midi an issue, but from my standpoint, I try to make recommendations as to keyboards based on what the user wants to accomplish in a musical sense. Looks like Ya,aha could be the way to go. Originally Posted by syndicatex. Send a private message to yamaha mm6 midi. What keyboards would be a better option then? Yamaha MM6 and midi output.

Purchase midi files from the internet, copy them to USB drive, plug USB drive into the Yamaha mm6 midi and then use the sequencer to take out certain parts, like drums for example as my band has a drummer and then play along with the song? I just hate that cheap Yamaha keybed, but probably cannot be picky at that price! It’s kinda spammish but I have a Yamaha Pro note keyboard that I am looking to part with. Find More Yamaha mm6 midi by RichardM.