Getting unosynth un GarageBand via USB

[p.menudier]

Can you tell me how to get unosynth in GarageBand as for a keyboard via usb connection?

[playinmyblues]

Page 31 of the user manual states there is only MIDI IN via USB. Use the included MIDI cables with a USB-to-MIDI converter to connect your UNO to your computer. You can get USB-to-MIDI converters as small like an M-Audio Uno. There are many others from lots of manufacturers.

From there, open up GarageBand and select a software instrument on the startup or add a new track and select software instrument.

Just for experiment's sake, I tried to play as many notes as I could with both hands. I could get 8 notes at one time. Then I tried just using the white keys and got 10 notes. As a keyboard MIDI controller it is definitely beyond the monophonic capabilities of the synth.

I Googled the topic of using the knobs on the Uno to control other parameters in GarageBand but it looks like GB will not do that. You can change it in GB itself.

[p.menudier]

Thank you very much for that answer, what I mean when I say as a keyboard is not to use it as a keyboard, but just to plug it as a keyboard, and record what I play with the synth on GB tracks. So I will get a midi/usb to do it.

[p.menudier]

Do anybody think irig pro duo can do the job?

[beergeek]

Do anybody think irig pro duo can do the job?

I think any audio interface will work but unless I'm mistaken, you will need to plug the audio out of the uno to an audio in on the interface.

[p.menudier]

There are midi audio in and out on the irig pro duo, I’ll try that and let you know if it works.

[playinmyblues]

A websearch on the topic of using MIDI with GB will likely reveal that the most recent version of GB will not handle MIDI. I checked this out a while ago. There used to be an AU that could do the job but it was 32 bit and will not work with new GB. If you are using an older version of GB, it might work.

If you know how to program, you can probably write your own AU to handle MIDI. Or you might be able to find somebody else. I think it would be a great addition to GB but Apple would probably like you to upgrade to Logic Pro X.

Ableton was already purchased so I am using that.