Connect Korg TR to mac

princekorg · Post by **princekorg** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:20 am

Hello to all. I am a beginner in all of these and i want to know on what are the things needed in order for me to connect my Korg TR to my mac and do the arranging on my mac. Please also advise me on what software is good to be used for this and what cables do i need. Thank you very much

ggm1960 · Post by **ggm1960** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:53 am

There are various ways of doing it, some better than others.

It would probably be most convenient if one could just plug the TR into your Mac via a USB cable and, in fact, you can however, you won't be able to select patches in your DAW program by their names, only by patch numbers which is less than friendly. If you connect the TR via a midi interface then you can add midinav and midinam files to the proper folders within OSX and be able to call up patches in your DAW by the patch names.

The midinam and midinav files conform to a standard used by OSX Audio Midi Setup, however, in what must be the ultimate irony, Apple's own Logic DAW does not subscribe to this standard and the keyboard's patch names must be entered within the Logic program.

As a rule I prefer the Digital Performer program. Everyone has their own favorite and you will find yours as well.

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:43 pm

ggm1960 wrote: It would probably be most convenient if one could just plug the TR into your Mac via a USB cable and, in fact, you can however, you won't be able to select patches in your DAW program by their names, only by patch numbers which is less than friendly. If you connect the TR via a midi interface then you can add midinav and midinam files to the proper folders within OSX and be able to call up patches in your DAW by the patch names.

You don't need to connect by a MIDI interface to do this.. The USB connection itself will provide a virtual 'MIDI Interface' over the USB cable and in fact allows much higher data rates than traditional MIDI 5-pin DIN connections.