Re: Help needed with M-Audio piano keyboard

GeeFive wrote:
I'm trying to get my M-Audio piano keyboard to work on my G5 Dual with
10.3.9. I bought the keyboard a couple of years ago, couldn't make it
work, so set it aside. Now I'm making another stab at seeing if I can
get this "plug-and-play" device to make a sound.

Paraphrasing the user guide, I'm instructed to connect the keyboard to
a USB port with the cable (done!). In MacOSX, SIMPLY move the power
switch to the "ON" position (done!) and the unit will work without any
further installation (uh oh!).

The procedure does not work. I get no sounds at all out of the
keyboard. My speakers are on and working, so there must be something
between the user guide's instructions and the speaker system that needs
to be discovered.

Which M-Audio/Midiman keyboard or controller?

Probably, all you did is add a Midi interface to the computer. That is, this keyboard-looking thing is probably not a synth, but is merely a midi-compatible controller that midi-capable systems and software can work with. It will send and route midi signals to devices on the midi network, but unless there is something present on that network that knows it is to interpret these signals and make the correct noise, then all you are doing is sending data around.

Assuming that the system Midi setup is correct (see below) now you need an application that understands midi and can intercept those.

Do you have Garage Band, Reason or similar app that does this? VersionTracker should have a boatload of "soft synths" and similar midi-aware apps you can try.

The Midi setup app in Utilities can be used to check if the device is working at all. You can test things so it at least lights up an indicator when the controller is manipulated. I seem to recall it also loads up the cheesy default midi patches so you should be able to hear those if you twiddle the keys.

I recall there is an Audio Units util in Utilities somewhere which might also be able to work as a soft synth to test with. I'm not 100% sure about that one.
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