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by **TimB21** » Sat May 16, 2009 12:42 pm

I'm checking out Riffworks T4 and have some VERY basic beginner questions. Is this the place to ask them. I mean REALLY BASIC.

Thanks!

-=Tim=-

by **fooks** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:07 pm

welcome timb21,

and yes, the new guy does buy the beer.

now, what are the rest of the questions?

by **ShredRex** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:07 pm

Hey Tim, welcome. Yes feel free to ask anything.....there are no stupid questions. Around here you may get some stupid answers.....but it is all in good.....lol

Seriously though, a great bunch of folks here will be glad to help ya.

by **Wedgebill** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:09 pm

You talking about me again Shred :rolleyes:

Welcome to the nuthouse Tim :cool:

by **scott** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:14 pm

Wedgebill wrote:You talking about me again Shred :rolleyes:

Your answers are never stupid Bill, it's just we can't separate your bollocks from reality (although maybe a fish slice would help? :rolleyes:)

Tim,
This sure is the place for the basic questions. If you're thinkin' them, someone else will be sittin' doin' the same, so fire away!!

by **ShredRex** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:44 pm

LOL and so it begins........lol

by **Wedgebill** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:10 pm

A BASIC

Fire away Tim I promise to never, ever talk bollocks, you'll note that Scotty can't think and stand up at the same time because that's multi-tasking

by **scott** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:40 pm

Wedgebill wrote:Fire away Tim I promise to never, ever talk bollocks, ...

Well that's a load of bollocks for a start!

Wedgebill wrote:... you'll note that Scotty can't think and stand up at the same time because that's multi-tasking

I'll have you know that I am an upstanding member of the community ............ so much so, that I often can't sit down! :rolleyes:

by **TimB21** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:30 pm

OK, here we go.

I can play the drum loops but can I play my USB keyboard, plugged directly into my Mac and works in Garageband, through Riffworks T4? If so, how?

Thanks!

-=Tim=-

by **TimB21** » Mon May 18, 2009 12:37 pm

Was it THAT bad?

-=Tim=-

by **markbrai** » Mon May 18, 2009 3:19 pm

The answer is yes you can, but it requires some "creative" routing. I'm only a new RiffWorks user myself but was playing around the other day with the same situation you are and came up with this which seems to work.

Basically, RiffWorks only recognises a signal through one of the inputs in the audio setup menu. So the answer is that somehow you have to get the audio from GarageBand into one of those inputs.

If you have an external audio interface then this is very straightforward. Set the input and output of Riffworks to the audio interface. Then set the ouput of garageband as your macs line out. Then connect the line out of your mac to the line in on the interface. Finally connect your headphones/monitors to the interface outputs. There we go, RiffWorks will now "hear" the keyboard being played through GarageBand.

If you don't have an audio interface, then I think there might be a software way of doing a similar thing, but not 100% sure. Hopefully a more experienced user will be able to clarify this as I'm sure the question is posed fairly frequently!

Hope that helps!

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