Recording with a MacBook
- Dependencies
- Instructions
  - Setup
  - Step 1
  - Step 2
  - Step 3
  - Step 4
  - Example

Recording with a MacBook

Overview: In this tutorial, you will learn about how to record the output of Konduktiva on MacOS with a MIDI synthesizer. The device used in this tutorial is a MacBook Air 2020, in Ventura 13.0.0 version.

Dependencies

Audacity

Audacity is a free open-source audio recording and track editing software.

Install via Homebrew

brew install audacity

Install from Audacity website

https://www.audacityteam.org/

An audio interface

An audio interface allows you to capture audio from digital instruments. Komplete Audio 6 MK 1 (this is the page for MK 2, because the page for MK 1 can no longer be found) will be used in this tutorial.

Image retrieved from https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/native-instruments-komplete-audio-6-459563

A MIDI synthesizer

A MIDI synthesizer is a digital instrument that can send or receive MIDI signals to produce pitches and sounds. Arturia MicroFreak will be used in this tutorial.

Image retrieved from https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/microfreak/overview

A mixer (optional)

An audio mixer allows you to combine different audio input and adjust them easily. Yamaha MG10 will be used in this tutorial.

Image retrieved from https://usa.yamaha.com/products/proaudio/mixers/mg_series_xu_model/index.html

Instructions

Setup

Before using Konduktiva, some setups are required on your device. You can follow the tutorial on our Github page to setup your Konduktiva with your MacBook properly.

Step 1

Connect your synthesizer to your MacBook using a USB cable, and connect you MacBook to your audio interface with another USB cable. If your MacBook does not have a USB A jack, you will need to an USB C adapter.

Step 2

Connect your audio interface with you mixer (if you are using one). The red wire sends the audio that will be played in the right hand side speaker (if you are using stereo speakers), and the white wire sends to the left hand side speaker.

Step 3

Launch Audacity on your MacBook, and select your audio interface as the input on the top left corner. If you can't find it, you might need to update or reinstall your Audacity.