Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments
with a usb/midi keyboard using OSX 10.3?

What is the simplest way to do this?

I just want the kids to be able to pound away
on the spiffy new usb musical keyboard
attached to their iMac, how can we do this?

The keyboard is only a controller and has no tone generator....

eric jacobs <yisroel@sover.net> wrote:

> Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments
> with a usb/midi keyboard using OSX 10.3?
>
> What is the simplest way to do this?

Audio MIDI Setup? m.

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eric jacobs <yisroel@sover.net> wrote in message news:<yisroel-531644.14351525012004@news.verizon.net>...
> Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments
> with a usb/midi keyboard using OSX 10.3?
>
> What is the simplest way to do this?
>
> I just want the kids to be able to pound away
> on the spiffy new usb musical keyboard
> attached to their iMac, how can we do this?
>
> The keyboard is only a controller and has no tone generator....

You need a soft synth to act as an interface between the keyboard and the sounds

http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13222 should do you fine.

Dylan

eric jacobs <yisroel@sover.net> writes:
>
> Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments with a usb/midi
> keyboard using OSX 10.3?

Yes.

> What is the simplest way to do this?
>
> I just want the kids to be able to pound away on the spiffy new usb
> musical keyboard attached to their iMac, how can we do this?
>
> The keyboard is only a controller and has no tone generator....

There are several different programs that can do this.

One (which Apple is promoting right now) is Garage Band - part of the
iLife '04 suite. The suite costs $50 (retail - educational and
government prices are lower) and also includes the latest versions of
iTunes, iMovie, iDVD and iPhoto.

Any good music store should also sell Mac software for this sort of
thing, although you may find many such titles to be rather pricey,
since those stores usually sell pro software in addition to consumer
stuff.

Some web searches may also reveal useful shareware or freeware titles.

If your keyboard is USB and is advertised as having Mac support, it
will probably include some basic software package.

-- David

David C. wrote:
> eric jacobs <yisroel@sover.net> writes:
>
>>Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments with a usb/midi
>>keyboard using OSX 10.3?
>
>
> Yes.
>
>
>>What is the simplest way to do this?
>>
>>I just want the kids to be able to pound away on the spiffy new usb
>>musical keyboard attached to their iMac, how can we do this?
>>
>>The keyboard is only a controller and has no tone generator....
>
>
> There are several different programs that can do this.
>
> One (which Apple is promoting right now) is Garage Band - part of the
> iLife '04 suite. The suite costs $50 (retail - educational and
> government prices are lower) and also includes the latest versions of
> iTunes, iMovie, iDVD and iPhoto.
>
> Any good music store should also sell Mac software for this sort of
> thing, although you may find many such titles to be rather pricey,
> since those stores usually sell pro software in addition to consumer
> stuff.
>
> Some web searches may also reveal useful shareware or freeware titles.
>
> If your keyboard is USB and is advertised as having Mac support, it
> will probably include some basic software package.
>


I would recommend Garage Band, worth the whole $49 by itself. So is
iPhoto 4.

However, GB has some real hardware requirements. It goes on my iBook
G3@800, but barely. I will be testing it on my G-4 dual 500, but it may
be the straw that...... "forces" me to buy the G-5 after which I have
been lusting, but can't quite rationalize "having" to buy it.....

John McWilliams

In article <4ce64329.0401251532.358b01e9@posting.google.com >,
dylanpank********.com (dylan_j) wrote:

> eric jacobs <yisroel@sover.net> wrote in message
> news:<yisroel-531644.14351525012004@news.verizon.net>...
> > Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments
> > with a usb/midi keyboard using OSX 10.3?
> >
> > What is the simplest way to do this?
> >
> > I just want the kids to be able to pound away
> > on the spiffy new usb musical keyboard
> > attached to their iMac, how can we do this?
> >
> > The keyboard is only a controller and has no tone generator....
>
> You need a soft synth to act as an interface between the keyboard and the
> sounds
>
> http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13222 should do you fine.
>
> Dylan

That...

...or this:

<http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16793>

Rax not only lets you play the built-in Quicktime soft synth, you can
also apply effects.

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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:11:40 +0000, jpmcwilliams wrote:

> David C. wrote:
>> eric jacobs <yisroel@sover.net> writes:
>>
>>>Can one play (trigger) quicktime instruments with a usb/midi
>>>keyboard using OSX 10.3?
>>

<snip>

>
> I would recommend Garage Band, worth the whole $49 by itself. So is
> iPhoto 4.
>
> However, GB has some real hardware requirements. It goes on my iBook
> G3@800, but barely. I will be testing it on my G-4 dual 500, but it may
> be the straw that...... "forces" me to buy the G-5 after which I have
> been lusting, but can't quite rationalize "having" to buy it.....

FWIW on a new 12" iBook it struggles also. The demos in the g4-5 folder
won't play due to processor not fast enough and disk not fast enough
messages. But... man this program is FUN FUN FUN!

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