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Dan,

Like you, I never had any success trying to get Garage Band playing the piano directly, despite altering Audio-Out in the Preferences for GB & the Sound panel of my computer preferences. 
At first glance GB does not normally support export of midi, but I did find a work-around for you to save and export any midis created in GB:
After creating the midi you want in GB, you can  Export it using  and play it thru your usual player.

Ian Williamson






On 18/08/2019, at 8:51 AM, Dan Binstock danbinstock@... [disklavier] wrote:

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> Hi all, I have a Mark 3 and the Bluetooth midi connector.  I can play midi from my phone using the sweetmidi app, but was wondering about something else: if I’d like to expand my library of sounds (eg, use the guitar sound on GarageBand that’s on my iPad to play on my disklavier) does anyone know how to do that?  I know that GarageBand has a midi out setting but I can’t figure out how to get the voices from GarageBand to play through to my piano.  Any ideas?
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> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:50 AM 'George F. Litterst' PianoBench@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Good morning, everyone.
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> Good points, Geoff! I have an iPad 2 that does not support BT MIDI, for example.
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> As for the Disklavier side of the BT MIDI connection is concerned, I can report that I have successfully used the MD-BT01 with the DSR1 control unit which, in turn, was connected to the original MX100A Disklavier upright. I have also used the MD-BT01 with the more modern DKC-850.
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> Without testing every Disklavier control box ever made, I cannot promise that every model provides the necessary power for the MD-BT01, but I think that all likely do so. In fact, I have yet to hear of one that does not.
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> Regards,
> PianoBench
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>> On Aug 12, 2019, at 11:04 PM, 'Geoff Ward' gward1211@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Hi George
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>> I have one of these - MD-BT01.  Just a couple of points for the unwary:
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>> The sending device needs to have Bluetooth v.4 LE or later (LE is for Low Energy).  Older iPads and iPhones might not have this.
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>> Further, the Yamaha Bluetooth MIDI adapter MD-BT01 requires power from one of the MIDI sockets on the Disklavier (MIDI OUT I think).  Do early Disklaviers have powered MIDI sockets?  My Mark IV does.
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>> Kind regards
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>> Geoff Ward
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>> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2019 10:33 AM
>> To: Ian wam@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Bluetooth Device for Mark IV Disklavier and Good Editing / Midi Player for Mac
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>> Good evening, everyone.
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>> Joan, Yamaha makes a Bluetooth MIDI adapter that should work with any Disklavier: MD-BT01. You can find it on the internet for $50.
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>> Quite a number of iPhone and iPad MIDI apps have a feature for connecting to Bluetooth MIDI devices. The connection is established with a MIDI app, not at the System level. Any time the pairing is broken by powering off one end of the connection or the other, the connection must be re-established; it is not memorized in the manner of a BT connection to a speaker.
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>> On the Mac, use the Audio MIDI Setup app to establish the BT MIDI connection. Audio MIDI Setup is found in Application : Utilities. It’s a bit of a nuisance to set up. Once established, any MIDI app should recognize it. Similar to the iOS BT MIDI connection, the connection is not memorized and reestablished automatically.
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>> I am not sure what the state of BT MIDI is on Windows.
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>> Regards,
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>> PianoBench
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>>> On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:22 PM, jheitzeb1@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> Hello
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>>> I noticed a few posts on Facebook Disklavier forum concerning Pianostream app..  I still use the Disklavier Controller on my latest iPhone XR and iPad to run most of my midis conveniently from my midi libraray on the piano.  
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>>> However, I have been thinking that I would like to be able to run some of the midis I have found on the internet and stored on my Mac laptop..  I see that there is a midi bluetooth device for the Pianostream app that is recommended for the Disklavier Mark IV.  I am wondering if this works with any other midi software on the Mac to play songs from my laptop to the piano directly via the bluetooth connection.
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>>> Has anyone tried this sort of connection using bluetooth ?  
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>>> Thanks for any advice on device or apps in advance.  
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>>> Joan
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