How can I transfer user songs from Yamaha E413 to MAC iBook

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by Darden12, Dec 20, 2008.

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    Hello.

    I just bought a new Yamaha PSR E413 Keyboard and am searching for a simple way to transfer my recorded MIDI songs FROM the keyboard TO my MAC ibook, as wav or mp3. (I'm not trying to record songs using my computer, at least for now -- I just want to output the finished songs to my Apple ibook.)

    The user guide discusses this process in depth, but only for those who are using Windows-based computers. Anyone have any ideas how to transfer these files to a Mac?


    Thanks,

    Brian
     
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  2. Falling Down

    Falling Down Banned

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    Is there anyway to put a output cable and hook it up to your notebook? I know on my MacBook Pro there is.
     
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    why would you transfer the MIDI's as wav or MP3? Could you not just transfer the MIDI's?

    Unless you want the MIDI sounds from the keyboard.

    What I do to record my guitar is called the 'Ghetto Method' by my friends who record music. I plug my Electric Guitar into the cable that normally goes into my amp. On the business end of the guitar cable, I have a jack/minijack converter which makes the jack small enough to plug into my iMac's line-in port.

    I know every mac in recent years has the same in/out ports so this ought to work on every mac manufactured since 2005.

    For the record, did you also know that every mac since 2005 (laptops and mac minis included) have optical audio in and out in the minijack ports? I mean most people can't afford equipment good enough to hear the difference, but for those of us who are, we're already fully equipped for digital audio transfer just because Apple makes high-end luxury computers.
     
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    natj Well-Known Member

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    Have you tried using Garage Band? You can possibly find an interface there for your transfer.
     
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    Darden12 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the responses.

    To 'Falling Down' and 'Natj', yes, I have usb cable and Garage Band but still can't seem to transfer files.

    To Innovati/Tom: I think I've done something like the "ghetto" method in the past using a keyboard with one of those iMics. I'll give that a try with this new Yamaha.

    Regarding format, transferring as Midi would probably work, too. My goal right now is just to be able to transfer the data somehow, regardless of format.

    My ibook is getting relatively old (bought it around 2004-5) so I guess I'll have to adlib like this until I upgrade again. The literature for this keyboard suggested (to me, anyway) that it was basically 'plug-and-play' if you have Garage Band on a Mac. I don't find that to be the case, at least with this older Mac of mine, although I have successfully downloaded the Yamaha Mac driver.

    Thanks,

    Brian
     
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    Well, play the songs, and use something like Audio Hijack Pro to record from it onto your hard drive from the cable.
     
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