Here are some quick facts that are often stumbling points for people that are new to working with MIDI and audio, each of which will be addressed in more detail later:
For various reasons, many people new to MIDI struggle with what exactly it is and, therefore, often misunderstand what it and programs using it can and cannot do. It is a protocol for communicating information between various devices and it has been around for over 30 years. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. If you know about MIDI already, feel free to skip right to the section on Virtual MIDI ports. Some of this general information on MIDI is the same as on my Working with MIDI on Windows page. All of these topics are covered here.įirst though, let’s talk about exactly what MIDI is. You may also want a way to get MIDI input without extra hardware.
Here I will try to give a comprehensive overview of what you need to work with MIDI on Mac, particularly for interactive MIDI applications.
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Some older versions like 10.10 and 10.9 are essentially the same where MIDI is concerned, but your millage may vary if you have a vastly older OS versions (namely those older than 10.6).Īlthough a basic MIDI setup on Mac OS X is typically easier than on Windows (to go beyond the default Windows synth anyway), it still requires some work. Note: this page describes setup for OS X 10.11-10.14. Reference to a new, easy-to-use software MIDI keyboard (MidiKeys) has been added.
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Update 13-Sept-2019: the information in this post (originally from Sept 2016) is still relevant for OSX 10.14.
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