Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
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Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
I have Digital Performer 9.x, a Yamaha DGX-640 keyboard and an iMac. I am still learning, but it seems to be working pretty well. However, I would like to play through the audio output (headphone jack) from the DGX-640 to the Mac audio output.
This isn't working, within Digital Performer or just in the Mac OS when DP isn't running. I am running El Capitan, latest version. Is this a bug, and MIDI setup issue or something else. I would like to get it working because I would also like to record multiple tracks with different instruments (i.e. play along with multiple layers of tracks).
Any help appreciated.
This isn't working, within Digital Performer or just in the Mac OS when DP isn't running. I am running El Capitan, latest version. Is this a bug, and MIDI setup issue or something else. I would like to get it working because I would also like to record multiple tracks with different instruments (i.e. play along with multiple layers of tracks).
Any help appreciated.
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Re: Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
Do you have an audio interface? If so, study its manual and understand how it works. If you don't have an audio interface, how are you getting the synth audio into and out of the computer? If all sound is being generated by one synth, just monitor from the synth outputs.
Related questions:
Do you have a MIDI connection and is it USB or MIDI interface?
Is your synth in multitimbral mode?
Related questions:
Do you have a MIDI connection and is it USB or MIDI interface?
Is your synth in multitimbral mode?
Re: Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
I have the following setup:
Digital Performer 9.1, Mac version.
Yamaha DGX-640 with Yamaha MIDI driver and USB MIDI interface.
27" iMac
The Audio that I have available are the iMac built-in Mic and the Line-In Jack on the iMac.
I am just getting started with this. The DGX-640 works fine for playing MIDI files to the keyboard, and I can sequence MIDI from the DGX-640 back into Digital Performer, so the MIDI part works fine.
What I would like to be able to do is to sequence music that I play on the keyboard and then record multiple audio tracks over that (flute and voice). I don't see how to configure the system to do that. Do I need another piece of hardware or can I simply use the existing setup with maybe a dedicated microphone (USB or stereo line-in). I played around with the bundle setup and audio setup, but I don't quite see yet how to get it to work. It helps to read the manual, which I now have, but still not working. Thanks.
Digital Performer 9.1, Mac version.
Yamaha DGX-640 with Yamaha MIDI driver and USB MIDI interface.
27" iMac
The Audio that I have available are the iMac built-in Mic and the Line-In Jack on the iMac.
I am just getting started with this. The DGX-640 works fine for playing MIDI files to the keyboard, and I can sequence MIDI from the DGX-640 back into Digital Performer, so the MIDI part works fine.
What I would like to be able to do is to sequence music that I play on the keyboard and then record multiple audio tracks over that (flute and voice). I don't see how to configure the system to do that. Do I need another piece of hardware or can I simply use the existing setup with maybe a dedicated microphone (USB or stereo line-in). I played around with the bundle setup and audio setup, but I don't quite see yet how to get it to work. It helps to read the manual, which I now have, but still not working. Thanks.
Re: Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
Go to the Setup>Configure Audio System>Configure Hardware Driver and ⌘-click both Built-in input and Built-in output. That should get you there. See p.25 in the Getting Started Manual. Be aware that the Built-in Mac A to D converters probably won't be very satisfactory to you in the long run, so yes, you probably will need an external interface.
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Re: Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
I do not want to sound like a smart ass, but if you use
https://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/do ... LineIn.zip
additionally,
to hear your key's audio it will be without latency...
Klaus
https://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/do ... LineIn.zip
additionally,
to hear your key's audio it will be without latency...
Klaus
Re: Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
Thanks. That is what I was looking for. Lots to learn.cuttime wrote:Go to the Setup>Configure Audio System>Configure Hardware Driver and ⌘-click both Built-in input and Built-in output. That should get you there. See p.25 in the Getting Started Manual. Be aware that the Built-in Mac A to D converters probably won't be very satisfactory to you in the long run, so yes, you probably will need an external interface.
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Re: Audio Input Play through to Mac Output
Klaus gave you the download link. Here's the link to the description for Line In and the other freebies. Line In may be quite useful for what you are doing — or not — but you can't knock the price.Klaus wrote:I do not want to sound like a smart ass, but if you use
https://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/do ... LineIn.zip
additionally,
to hear your key's audio it will be without latency...
Klaus
https://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
When recording directly to my iMac through the Audio In (rare but I do sometimes), I just set my input buffer to 128 and have a few tracks on playback to make latency a non-issue.
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