Connecting Roland Keyboard & Imac Intel Options

[BlackNote]

Hello,

I recently discovered GarageBand on my iMac and would like to connect my Roland HP 530e keyboard in order to record partitions & play sounds from GB on my keyboard. I got my hands on a ESI MIDI Mate cable and connected it. GB indicates that a MIDI device is connected, the Audio MIDI setup correctly shows the ESI MIDI Mate but nothing works. I can't get any information from the keyboard in GB and sounds won't play.

I'm sure I got something totally wrong, thats why I'm asking for your help. Thank you in advance for any useful tips.

Regards,

BlackNote

[ironhead]

FIrst of all the GB AUTOMATICALLY SEE YOUR MIDI DEVICE AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH MIDI DEVICE YOU GOT CONNECTED
TRY TO LOAD A GARAGE A BAND DEMO SONG AND PLAY IT TO MAKE SURE YOUR ARE GETTING AUDIO OUT OF GB.
THEN CLICK ON ONE OF THE CHANNEL(ON YOUR UPPER LEFT) WITH ANY SOFTWARE INSTRUMENT LOADED IN THE SONG
THEN CLICK ON THE TRANSPORT BAR AT THE LEFT OF THE LCD VIEW ON IN THE DROP DOWN LIST CHOOSE CHORD
MAKE SURE YOUR KEYBOARD MIDI CABLE IS CONNECTED PROPERLY BY CONNECTING MIDI OUT ON THE CABLE TO MIDI OUT ON THE BACK OF THE KEYBOARD YOU SHOULD NOW SEE ANY NOTE OR CHORD YOU PLAY SHOWING IN THE LCD SCREEN ON YOUR GB TRANSPORT BAR IF YOUR KEYBOARD IS SETUP PROPERLY AND ALSO HEARING SOUND EITHER FROM YOU IMAC SPEAKER OR YOUR AUDIO INTERFACE OR AUDIO CONNECTION
IF IT STILL DOES NOT WORK TRY SELECT THE WINDOW MENU IN GB AND IN THE DROP DOWN BOX CHOOSE MUSICAL TYPING( TURNS YOU COMPUTER KEYBOARD IN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT)TRY PLAYING ON IT TO SEE IF YOU GET SOUND
ALSO YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS RECORD ON THE TRANSPORT BAR TO RECORD.
I HOPE THIS WAS A HELP
LET ME KNOW
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[edit LPM, please guys, don't argue on the capitals, it's been done in PM and as our friend here tried to help we'll be nice]