Trying to Connect Roland RD 700GX to new Macbook pro

So I've had a 2012 Macbook pro that ran Logic Pro 9 and used a USB cable from my Roland RD 700GX to record in Logic.

I also used an old MIDI to USB Cable to do the same with my Yamaha.

 

When I switched to my 2015 Macbook Pro that came with Sierra, I downloaded Logic Pro X. IU never got the Yamaha to work again and it took me a while to figure out how to use the Roland by downloading a driver.

 

Now I again bought a new laptop, The latest Macbook pro that came with High Sierra and now I'm unable to use any of my piano's as a MIDI controller.

Can someone please help me?

Hi Christiana and welcome to Logic Pro Help.

 

The keyboard you mentioned is discontinued and Roland appears to have abandoned any further driver development according to their support site:

 

Roland - Support - Support News - Compatibility with macOS High Sierra (10.13)

I have an older MacBook Air (2010) and have updated to Mac OS Sierra, and I can't get Logic to recognize my Roland RD-700SX anymore (at least with the USB cable, anyway). (I plugged in my Nord Electro 5HP, and Logic recognized that immediately. But my Nord is only 76-key, not 88, so I really want to use the Roland.) I hadn't tried midi on Logic for a long time, so I'd forgotten if there was something else I had to do, but based on this response, I guess my Roland won't work anymore, if Roland won't update their drivers? Is there anything I can do to use the Roland as a midi device anymore, if not with just a USB cable?

My pre-USB MIDI only Yamaha S80 works fine with a MOTU FastLane-USB MIDI interface. The FastLane's driver was downloaded and installed on a MBP 13,3. USB from the interface connects to a OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock, MIDI channel 1 was set in LogicX 10.4.1 on High Sierra and it works fine.

 

It was a welcome surprise to see MOTU still has driver support for the FastLane.