Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

Unless things have changed substantially since the last time I looked,  
GarageBand will record MIDI Input but will not play back MIDI tracks  
using output to an external MIDI device. Instead, it uses internal  
sounds for MIDI playback.

Fortunately, there is a plug-in that will add external MIDI Output to  
GarageBand:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23227

I have not used this plugin.

Since you are using a Yamaha UX 16 MIDI interface, you will need to  
install the Yamaha USB MIDI driver for your computer:

http://www.global.yamaha.com/download/usb_midi/index.html

Once the interface driver is installed as well as the plugin, you will  
have to choose the UX 16 as your MIDI Output device in GarageBand.  
(The same is true with any other MIDI program.)

If your Disklavier has a To Host switch, you need to set it to MIDI.

Lastly, you will need to match the MIDI channels of your piano tracks  
in GarageBand to the Disklavier's MIDI Input Channels. For simplicity,  
I recommend that you set your Disklavier's PianoReceive option to  
Channel 1 and that you put your piano tracks in GarageBand on Channel 1.

NOTE: If you are creating additional tracks besides the piano tracks,  
you should normally route those tracks to the Disklavier on channels  
other than channel 1. If your Disklavier has an internal tone  
generator or if you have connected an external tone generator to your  
Disklavier, everything should play in sync. If, however, you let  
GarageBand play your other tracks using your computer's internal  
sounds, you will find that they are 1/2 second ahead of the piano.

Regards,
PianoBench


www.georgelitterst.com
www.timewarptech.com


On Aug 6, 2008, at 10:56 PM, wghendren wrote:

> Mark 2 disklavier. New UX 16 cable and latest drivers- connections  
> as recommended ( out to
> in,etc) . Using an Apple laptop ( MacBook Pro). Playing midi thru  
> Garageband- cannot get any
> keyboard playing. Very frustrating. Have tried trouble shooting, but  
> same result. Am I
> missing something? Do I need to program the disklavier to accept  
> this input in some way?
> Any help would be appreciated.