Midi Trouble

[greengeorge]

hi, im running a 2,33 ghz MBP C2D, this is kinda a complicated plea for help

ive got ableton live 6.0, reason 4.0, and garageband 08 running but rarely simultaneously, got an M audio keystation 49e controlling midi

its been running smooth for the last year, but yesterday almost everything concerning midi on my mbp has been crippled,

reason : "failed to open midi support library, app cannot start"
GB : "detected a possible conflict between one or more third party midi or audio drivers"
Live : starts but doesnt read any midi signals

i tried the Audio/Midi Setup app, and it says : "unable to launch midi server"
then the app eats 99% of processor power and wont respond even to force quit, cant even shutdown had to press the power button manually

i cant think of anything i installed or made changes to between the time it last worked and the time it started acting up (only a few hours in between without a restart or anything) i emptied my midi driver folder and no change its still like that

any help would be much appreciated, thx for your attention

 

[pulsewidth947]

This might be more popular posted in the Digital Audio forum. I presume you've done the usual tricks of repair permissions, restarted etc? OS X shouldn't need drivers for your Keystation. Have you tried plugging it into another USB port?

If none of the above works it sounds like it could be a re-install fix good luck though buddy

 

[greengeorge]

got it, seems the culprit are the logs and preferences files, i did a search of everything with the word midi on its filename, moved them to a folder and voila its back in action, anybody with similar trouble should try this, thx pulsewidth

 

[pulsewidth947]

Well done - glad you'd got it sorted.