External electric piano instruments

I bought M-Audio's "Premium Electric Pianos" sampler instrument pack for use with Logic. However, I find Logic incredibly hard to use (and plus I don't even know how to install this there - see Logic Express 8 forum), and I'd like to be able to use these instruments in Garageband. Is this possible? How? Please help.

you should be able to just drag and drop the samples in to the loop browser... or drop them straight into the loop folder in your HDD
You can find many tutorials online for Logic such as:
http://www.ehow.com/video4461645add-audio-logic-pro-8.html
or
http://www.ehow.com/Search.aspx?s=Logic&Options=0

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Some electric piano notes get muted

Hi all: hoping you can help resolve an issue with electric pianos that an upgrade from Mainstage 2.2 to Mainstage 3 did not resolve.
If I pound out an 8th-note rhythm on one key with varying intensity (kind of like Supertramp would do with a chord, but just using one note) about 10% of the notes are muted. In a mix it sounds like I missed the note altogether. The MIDI message shows that they're coming through with good velocity (usually between 90 and 120) but they sound as though the the tine was dampened vs. sounded, leaving just a faint kind of tine sound. Why? How do I get rid of it?
Factors:
It happens more frequently if I'm holding down a bass line when hammering away at the note.
Staccato notes seem to make it occur a little more frequently.
I've varied the number of voices between 20 and 88 but this has no effect.
It seems to occur with all EV88 patches.
Thanks for any ideas/help.

I wouldn't think you need to buy Komplete just to get the electric piano instruments from NI. You can get their Wurly/Rhodes/Clav package, called Vintage Keys as a separate item for $150 or you can buy each of those instruments separately for some reduced price that I didn't bother to check.
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keys/scarbee-vintage-keys /
As for how NI instruments work with MainStage, I have to admit that I don't actually use any at the moment so I couldn't say for sure, but MS just uses normal AU plugins, just like Logic, and I've certainly never had any issue using Komplete instruments in Logic. I wouldn't expect any problems unless you are running Mavericks, which is just too new to be stable for software that hasn't been well-tested with it yet. I do a lot of composition, so justifying the cost of Komplete Ultimate, or whatever it is called these days, was pretty easy. It's a massive cost savings compared to buying individual instruments and fx from NI. I've been using it for years. But if your budget is tight, I'm sure you can get just their 'Mark 1' rhodes package for well less than $100.
I actually use a midi-fied rhodes as one of my mainstage controllers, so when I'm looking for a rhodes sound, I just raise the fader on that audio channel and feed it into an amp sim in MainStage. The same goes for my organ, which is an XK-3C I use as my other controller, which goes into a NeoVentilator and then into MainStage, so I've always got rhodes and B3 on 2 stereo audio channels in MainStage. MainStage provides synths, clavs, a lower organ manual (assigned to the rhodes), amps, and effects - so I can't actually speak to which rhodes plugins sound the best or are least buggy. I hear great things about the VB3 organ plugin from GSi, so perhaps their rhodes plugin is worth looking into as well? http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=27
And for what it is worth, I was under the impression that the EP plugin that comes with Logic/MainStage is actually a physicially modeled instrument rather than a sampled instrument, though I could definitely be wrong on that point.

How to connect my electric piano to my mac book pro

Hi,
Can anyone tell me what I would need in order to connect my electric piano to my mac book pro?
I would like to record stuff in Garage band using my electric piano.
I have no idea what cables or equipment I would need, so any help would be much appreciated.
The piano I've got is a KORG EC120 and it has MIDI IN/OUT and a couple of LINE INPUTS (Though I am not familiar what to do with them! )
http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/News/Korg-Introduces-EC-120-Concert-Piano/ba-p/ 34631250
The mac book I like to hook it up to is a 13" Mac Book Pro (early 2011).
Thanks!

There are many ways to do this but do yourself a favor and pick up a usb audio/midi interface. This will let you get either the keyboard voices or Midi input (computer Midi voices) into garageband along with microphone or other instruments if you want in the future.
You will also need a cable to connect the keyboard to the interface.

Suitcase electric piano...

Is there anyway to download the suitcase electric piano, so it can be a usable instrument in garageband?

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Seventies electric piano and more...

Where do I find them? Doesnt seem to be available in GB jampacks... Anyone, pls..
Pianos and Keyboards:
Ambient Synth Piano
Chorused Electric Piano
Classical Piano
Dark Clav
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Fuzz Clav
Live Classical Piano
Live Grand Piano
Moody Grand Piano
Phased Clav
Piano and Bass
Piano and Strings
Seventies Electric Piano
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Hi,
It's all right there in GB.
That is to say the instruments and the individual track effects available by clicking the track info.
Good luck!

Can I use my electric piano on GarageBand

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If you want to learn to play the piano, there are some downsides to using synthesizers or Midi controllers that do not have weighted keys. The reason is that the weight and resistance of real piano keys require your fingers to develop strengths that you will not have by learning to play on a keyboard with plastic, unweighted keys. Having said that, you can learn the basics of how to play, in terms of learning how to put chords together and understanding scales, but it will be a whole different ball game if you actually try to play a real piano after playing on non-weighted keys; essentially, you will have to spend time developing the strength and agility in your fingers. So, it can be a good plan to learn by going the cheap and (small size) route by getting an unweighted keyboard, but if you really like playing the piano and want to continue on, then at some point, you need to get something with weighted keys--either a good synthesizer or electric piano, or the real thing (spinet, upright, baby grand, or grand).
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Hi, I'm working on a project and I'll need to connect my electric piano to my PC and have detection to flash. I'm going to make some effect showing out of the screen when I played certain keys or chords on my electric piano. is there any event script that can detect my E.piano?

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What can I do to change the sound of a track in garageband? It is "stuck" on electric piano setting and will not change. I've tried restarting, restoring sound library, full key reset, and checked for updates.

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down Cut menu - Slow playback/Raspid Playback/Re-play in Slow Motion and onvards
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When I create a new instrument it defaults to the EVP88 Electric Piano

Why is it everytime I start a new project and create a software instrument, or I add a new instrument to an existing song, it defauls to the EVP88 Electic Piano? It started doing this after I plugged in a USB controller keyboard so I would have to try and play keyboard parts on my iMacs keyboard. I called Applecare but my support for Logic has run out (I didn't use my Logic for a long time after installing it, logn story) so they wanted me to purchase a really expensive support package but I'm not a professinal just a regualr guy. The tech told me that it always defaults to EVP88 when yu create a new trick, bu I don't remember it doin that when I first statred. Please someone help me with this!!!

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Kawai CN41 electric piano will not show up in Audio MIDI Setup.

Hello,
I have a Kawai CN41 Piano that I would like to connect to my Macbook via USB to control some midi functions in Logic Express (incredible software by the way...)
The Manual that came with the piano says that it should just work. But for maximum clarification, I'll retype what the manual says.
"The CN41 piano can be connected with a personal computer with a USB cable for excahanging MIDI data. You need a USB Driver installed in your computer.
[For Windows XP/ME users]
A standard USB driver is already installed in your computer. You don't need to install a new driver.
[For Windows 2000/98SE users]
You need to install the desigated driver in your computer. Visit the KAWAI website at http:/www.kawai.co.jp/english/Download1.html and download the program.
[For Macintosh users]
Macintosh OSX automatically recognizes our USB interface. No Special driver is needed. Older Macintosh OS are not supported by us. If you have an older Macintosh OS, please us an appropriate MIDI interface and MIDI cables when connecting the CN41 piano to a macintosh computer.
NOTE:
When both MIDI jacks and USB port are connected, USB has priority.
When connecting USB cable to the CN41 piano, first connect the USB cable and then turn the power of the CN41 piano on.
It may take some time to start communication when the CN41 piano is connected to the computer via USB. When USB communication is unstable with connection via hub, connect the USB cable directly to the USB port of the computer.
Turning the power of CN41 piano on/off or disconnecting the USB cable while the follwing actions may cause unstable communication.
while installing USB driver
while booting up the computer
while MIDI application is working
while communicating with the computer
while the computer is in energy saver mode
* If you have any problem with USB communication, consult the instruction manual of your computer and check your computer setup.
* The USB-MIDI conversion board TID10000934 used in the CN41 piano is approved to show the USB logo. The USB logo can be used only for the product which is approved by USB-IF (USB Implements Fourm Inc.) test.
* Windows is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
* Macintosh is registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc."
So when i follow the directions just like the manual says the only thing that happens is my mouse stops working for about 30 to 45 seconds. After it starts working, nothing whatsoever in the department of MIDI. It won't even show up in the Audio MIDI Setup application. Also, I'm not 100% positive about this, but I don't think it's showing up in the System Profiler as well.
I've tried pushing the rescan button in Audio MIDI Setup, nothing.
I've repeated everything with a different usb cable with no improvement.
And I even contacted Kawai Technical Support. The guy I talked to via email said that he wasn't a mac guy but he'd ask his friends who were if they had any problems, his friends told him that everything was working fine for them. Then he told me to go and buy a USB-MIDI interface and plug it into the traditional MIDI ports on the CN41 and see if that would work. (I really don't want to do that, one of the reasons I bought this piano is the midi-straight-to-computer-via-usb-cable-connection connection. Buying a little usb interface would defeat the point. Although, I'll probably buy one down the road eventually. I would just like it to work.)
This piano is really nice, It has keys that feel like the real thing and using it to write some tracks in Logic Express would be a delight if it would work. If I could, I would take this issue to the Apple store in Salt Lake City, but I'm thinking that I would also have to take the piano and its kinda big. I'm using a Macbook running OS X Leopard 10.5.4 with a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2 Gigs of ram. I also run a Line 6 Toneport UX2, I'm not sure if there could be any Hardware conflicts, but I'm not much of a computer guy so I figured I'd just let you know as much as I can.
Aside from this thing with the piano, OSX has worked beautifully! I will never buy a Windows running machine again. And the few times when I'm forced to use one, (Work and stuff) I get really cranky.
Thank you for your time,
Jon Worms
P.S. I'm more than willing to scan the manual and email it for you upon request, I tried to find a link to it somewhere with no luck. But you know, thats just my luck. :P

Hey Rob, Thanks for responding!
As far as I can see there is not. The piano does have 3 usb ports on it though. 2 A size ports to go to Kawai approved devices, such as a hard drive for recording directly to portable memory. These plugs are labeled USB to Device. Then it has one B size plug that is Labeled USB to Host. The manual says that this is the one to connect to the computer.
USB Controls do exist though. But manual states that they are for when you plug in a small hard drive/flash drive. The controls allow you to create new folders and move recordings around on a flash drive. And without a hard drive plugged into one of the A size ports I don't get anything but an error message.
Tomorrow I'm going to try and get it to work on a windows box. Maybe i'll have a little luck.
Thanks for your help.

Connecting Yamaha CVP303 Electric Piano to iMac

The iMac and Garageband are both very new to me. My kids are all piano players so I thought it would be great for them to discover work with Garageband and connect our Yamaha to our iMac. I understand that I can use a Yamaha UX16 midi interface cable to connect the iMac to the piano, however the cable is only 6 feet long which is about 10 feet to short. I am not able to relocate either the iMac or the piano.
My question is whether there is a way to extend this cable or if there is another interface cable that will work.
Thanks!

I would rather connect via wireless too.
you'll drive them nuts, the latency would be unbearable.

Electric Piano / Controller for LE?

Hi All,
Does anyone know of a digital piano that could also double as a controller for Logic and Reason? What I really want/need is a digi piano that my kids can just turn on and play (built-in speakers), then when they go to bed I can plug in my MBP with LE and go to town.
I know I'm asking for the best of both worlds but thought it would hurt to ask. I was thinking of the Yamaha YPG-635 but I'm not sure if it would work as a controller? If anyone has any idea's or suggestions, I'm all ears.
Thank you

Any keyboard with a MIDI out socket (and you'll need a suitable MIDI interface) will suffice as a controller. I'd imagine it would be more difficult to find a digital piano that didn't have MIDI out really.

Instrument list for Express 8?

I downloaded a 29 page PDF, but didn't see a complete instrument list for Express 8.
Could someone list the electric piano instruments available?
Thanks.

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SB Live External Problems finding & using a good acoustic Piano soundf

I recently acquired a 24-bit SB Li've! external soundcard which I use with my laptop computer and midi keyboard for playing piano-type music. I'm a newbie, so bear with me here. I'm trying to find a decent, full, rich-sounding, sampled acoustic grand piano soundfont. The free one's I've downloaded from the Internet are apparently too big because I get error messages like "not enough memory" and something about "cache size." The electric piano soundfonts I purchased and used from Sonic Implants work very well. I really like them. So, here's the question: Where can I get a good, rich acoustic piano soundfont that will work with my SB Li've! external soundcard? What should I do? Thank you. --sixtoeightfeet

sixtoeightfeet wrote:
I recently acquired a 24-bit SB Li've! external soundcard which I use with my laptop computer and midi keyboard for playing piano-type music. I'm a newbie, so bear with me here. I'm trying to find a decent, full, rich-sounding, sampled acoustic grand piano soundfont. The free one's I've downloaded from the Internet are apparently too big because I get error messages like "not enough memory" and something about "cache size." The electric piano soundfonts I purchased and used from Sonic Implants work very well. I really like them. So, here's the question: Where can I get a good, rich acoustic piano soundfont that will work with my SB Li've! external soundcard? What should I do? Thank you. --sixtoeightfeet
Can you/You can set the cache as "dynamic"? You get the settings panel opened by pressing the MIDI Devices -button.
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Does it help.
jutapa
P.S. If you want, I can post some piano links later to this thread.Message Edited by jutapa on 0-22-2006 03:20 AM

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