All I want to do is make some music...

[djoey56]

So I am completely new at this and probably sound like an idiot, so excuse all that.

I am on Mac OSX, using Pro Tools 8 LE with M Box.

Neway, I am used to Garage Band where you can simply pull up a plug-in and press letters on your laptop computer and it will play.

So I made an instrument track and found the Grand Master plug in and I cannot control that plug in through my laptop keyboard. Wompwompwomp.

I was wondering if this is possible for Pro Tools 8 LE. I don't have a midi-keyboard, I just have a lap top computer. I want to use my laptop keyboard to press keys and have that be recorded onto the edit screen as notes and music on playback.

Thanks!

[henno]

its time to rtfm

you can still drag your loops into pT

[djoey56]

Nothing in the manual about how to set your MIDI player as your PC keyboard. I found a few videos on youtube about installing plug-ins to do this, but seems strange it just wouldn't work so easily.

The closest I can get to how I want to use this program is with a pencil tool, but that doesn't let me play freely as I want to.

[Stig Eliassen]

Originally Posted by djoey56

So I am completely new at this and probably sound like an idiot, so excuse all that.

I am on Mac OSX, using Pro Tools 8 LE with M Box.

Neway, I am used to Garage Band where you can simply pull up a plug-in and press letters on your laptop computer and it will play.

So I made an instrument track and found the Grand Master plug in and I cannot control that plug in through my laptop keyboard. Wompwompwomp.

I was wondering if this is possible for Pro Tools 8 LE. I don't have a midi-keyboard, I just have a lap top computer. I want to use my laptop keyboard to press keys and have that be recorded onto the edit screen as notes and music on playback.

Thanks!

AFAIK, that doesn't work. I highly recommend a small MIDI controller keyboard; maybe one with some pads. For realism, it's mainly about getting the velocity "right".

[djoey56]

Cool, thanks for your help. At least I know now that you can't use your PC Keyboard to control an instrument. I will definitely look into getting a keyboard since I think my neighbors hate me for jamming out on my real one all the time.

[Dism]

Originally Posted by djoey56

Cool, thanks for your help. At least I know now that you can't use your PC Keyboard to control an instrument. I will definitely look into getting a keyboard since I think my neighbors hate me for jamming out on my real one all the time.

Actually... you can.

http://vmpk.sourceforge.net/

[Dism]

Originally Posted by djoey56

Cool, thanks for your help. At least I know now that you can't use your PC Keyboard to control an instrument. I will definitely look into getting a keyboard since I think my neighbors hate me for jamming out on my real one all the time.

Actually... you can.

http://vmpk.sourceforge.net/

It is a lot better using a decent MIDI keyboard, though. Using the computer keys is really just handy in a pinch when you have nothing else.