


Find the USB port on your tower and plug it in accordingly. If you’re connecting to a computer, you do the same process. Locate your USB port on your MacBook and connect the bigger side of your cable to it. They are typically cheap and you don’t need to spend a ton on one.

This topic was modified 4 years, 12 months ago by Zhao Yitian.You will want to get a USB cable from a local music store or on Amazon if you don’t already have one. *Please note there are two updatable firmware your Xkey, one is for the wired part (firmware available from Xkey Plus first panel), one is for the Bluetooth part (firmware available from Xkey Plus “Bluetooth” panel), we are talking here about the Bluetooth firmware. – Once detected, open the “Bluetooth*” panel and click “Check firmware” button to update your firmware to the latest version 1.3 – Connect your Xkey Air to a USB port (firmware updates are done through USB, not bluetooth). – Download the Xkey Plus software for Mac and iOS (on the Apple store), or for Windows (from our website). You are invited to update your keyboard following the simple steps below: While the original firmware of Xkey Air is still working correctly on GarageBand for MacOS, we have released a new firmware to incorporate this change. We recently found the Xkey Air was no longer able to connect to the latest version of GarageBand (v2.1) on iOS (9.2.1), while it is still working correctly on GarageBand for MacOS.

Please make sure that you update the Bluetooth firmware of your Xkey Air by using Xkey Plus, so that you can connect to latest version of Garageband on iOS via BLE MIDI successfully. If you play for more than 60 minutes, the default setting for midimittr is to close the connection after that long (I think), but it can be changed in the settings. Open garageband (or whatever kind of program you use). Open the menu and go back to “routing”, select your xkey as source and destination.Ĩ. Your xkey should be on the list, connect it.ħ. Press the menu-button in the top left corner.Ħ. Download “midimittr” (any other bluetooth midi connecter should work, but midimittr is free so I’ll use it for this guide)Ĥ. (Thanks to Martin Jensen for writing this steps)ģ. Please open Garageband and go to “setup” – “Advanced” – “Bluetooth MIDI Devices – connect your Xkey Air. The xkey should appear on the list, when it does press connect.įor Garageband on iOS (both iPad and iPhone), Double-click the big bluetooth-icon on the MIDI-studio interface.Ħ. For Mac (Thanks to Martin Jensen for writing this steps),ĥ.
