Hi, First thing, you want to make sure your using musical typing. This is turned on with command shift K. You also want to make sure you haven't locked the track. If the track is locked, you will be prevented from playing the instrument on that track. The toggle to lock and unlock a track is the letter L.
And to select an instrument, create a software instrument track then, interact with track info and navigate to the browse area. hth, Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 5, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jessica Moss <shakespeare_jul...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm using the on-screen keyboard, and I can't remember exactly how I managed > to browse the different instruments, I just remember selecting different ones > other than "piano," turning the on-screen keyboard on, and it not doing > anything, so have no idea if I've gone to the wrong department/setting, or > what the deal is here. > On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > >> you don't say what keyboard you're using. is it a midi keyboard, or the on >> screen keyboard. Have you gone into the track info group and browsed the >> different instruments? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica Moss" <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 10:04 PM >> Subject: garage band question. >> >> >> I've just started using Garage band, and have just been playing around with >> it, and so far can only get the piano portion of the pre-programed >> instruments to work, which makes no sense to me, considering the fact that >> my dad got this for his phone, and has been able to get all of them to work, >> and has recorded several tracks with it. Am I missing something here? >> Even when I get the piano keyboard up and running, I can't figure out how >> the keyboard itself is laid out, so even then, I can't seem to play an >> actual tune on it, which is really frustrating, so any help someone could >> give me would be appreciated. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
