Can't figure out how to get the patches off of keyboard into logic

Question

I have a pretty old school Yamaha Clavinova CVP-98, in which I have the midi in/out hooked up to my power mac g5 through an USB converter.
I am able to use the yamaha keyboard as a midi to play the software instruments in logic which is awesome, but I am unable to play the patches that I want from the keyboard into logic.
Any ideas would help, I would really appreciate it! Thank You!
(its logic pro 7 by the way, so I am not sure if there is a difference within logic's environment or what not, if that is what I even need to deal with)

Answer 1

andy1109 wrote:
To conclude, I am now aware of what midi is, and I am at the stage where I have edited my melody to perfection, yet I am unable to figure out what the next step is to transition this to an audio track. Please let me know what exactly I am to do from here because your input is creating a bigger difference than what you may think from such simple questions. Thank you.
Ok, MIDI is not audio, MIDI is data that "triggers" a synthesizer to produce audio output. Audio is simply what you hear when listening to a CD, DVD, anything out of a speaker, a singer, a band..etc, nature/the universe.
(The "synthesizer" can be hardware like the Clavinova or software like Logic's built in synths, the advantage of software synths is that they do not need to be recorded as audio, their output is already audio within Logic)
Ok, how do you record audio using the Mac. Personally I use an RME audio interface which is a PCI card in the Mac, I also have a 16 channel Presonus Firestudio that I use for portable/location recording. However... the G5 has an "OK" audio interface built in, it's not really professional quality but it will do. You will need to take the Line out of the Clavinova and go into the Mac's line in. You will need the proper audio cable. Not sure what the Clavinova line out is, probably a 1/4" jack, this is not the headphone jack but the jack used to normally plug into an amplifier.
Then with the Clavinova volume set at 50% adjust the Mac's input recording level in System Preferences/Sound.
Once recorded as a wave form, editing is limited (cut/paste...etc).
Also, be aware that MIDI takes up virtually no memory or disk space... stereo audio at CD quality 16-bit/44.1kHz takes approx 10 megabytes of hard disk per minute. Audio is recorded as a file on a hard disk. Most of us use a dedicated hard disk for multitrack audio projects.
I'm going to say this again...all of us that know this stuff put in our time reading the manuals... without reading the manual you are doing yourself, and us an injustice as no matter how much anyone explains to you..... you will only be able to use a few percent of Logic's capabilities.
We all put our dues in, out of respect for this amazing software take some time and read the manuals.
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