I Need Help Connecting USB Keyboard to my PowerBook G4

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I have a yamaha motif es6 but i also have logic pro 7 and i'm trying to link my motif es6 or connect it usb to my mac powerbook g4 laptop...i want to use the motif as a controller as well as a sound module,but i also would like to be able to play or sequence with my sounds out of the logic pro 7 but play the of my motif es6 keys...please help me somebody i really need you guys help! i'm very new with logic pro 7....am i alone out here/ did i buy a program that's to big for my own use??? !!!

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I have a yamaha motif es6 but i also have logic pro 7
and i'm trying to link my motif es6 or connect it usb
to my mac powerbook g4 laptop...i want to use the
motif as a controller as well as a sound module,but i
also would like to be able to play or sequence with
my sounds out of the logic pro 7 but play the of my
motif es6 keys...please help me somebody i really
need you guys help! i'm very new with logic pro
7....am i alone out here/ did i buy a program that's
to big for my own use??? !!!
You did get a Pro program. Here is what I would do.
Panic. Just kidding, it sounds like your already doing
that. Get a Belkin 7 port POWERED USB hub. This
will let you plug your keyboard into the laptop and
will not drain energy off the system. Price about
40.00 Next download this LSO file here,
http://storeandserve.com/download/338634/MOTIF%20ES%20Multi%20Logic%20MAC.LSO.ht ml
This is a Logic song with a Motif ES
multi instrument object already set up.
This will allow you to control your ES6 from
Logic when you want to use it as a sound module.
What I would do with this is to open your autoload
song then open this song. When Logic asks you if
you want to close the first song say no. Then with
both songs open go into the environment/audio layer
of each song. In the song I sent you there is a
multi instrument object called ES. Click on it so
it is highlighted and use the command "command-x"
to cut the object out of that environment and go to
your autoload and using "command-p" paste it into
the audio layer there. You can now close the song I
sent you but when Logic asks if you want to save it
select "dont save". This way if anything goes wrong
with your autoload not taking the multi, it will still
be in the other song. Next go here
http://storeandserve.com/download/338606/LogicMulti.mov.html
and download this video tutorial on creating a multi
instrument object for an external synth in Logic.
this will show you how to hook up your object in
the environment so it will work. The creating
part has already been done, you just have to
hook it up and create the tracks for the 16
midi channels. I did not do this until I had been
using Logic almost a year. You are finding
out what they meant when they said Logic
has a STEEP learning curve!
To control Logic with the ES, I believe if it
is like mine you just hit the remote button
and wham it is a controller. You can only use
the board for controlling then, if you need it
it to do other things you will have to hit the
remote button again. Well, I hope this will
help you, remember to install the
Pro App Support Runtime file in the Apple
support section if you havent already.
Set up the ES in the Audio Midi setup
in the Utilities folder and download the
latest USB midi driver here
http://www.yamahasynth.com/download/midi_driver.html
I think that is everything. I hope this helps
just post if you need more help.