Midi Timeout Error

I recently got a mac and im new to it i just started jusing garageband and after a week i got the following message : GarageBand has detected a MIDI timeout. Please restart your computer, then relaunch GarageBand. If the problem persists, update the drivers of all connected MIDI devices (including audio drivers with MIDI functionality) to the latest version. Now i have no idea what drivers they are talking about because i have no midi devices hooked up to my laptop i went to audio midi setup and everything was at default settings so i dont know what to do if anyone knows a way around this problem without having to recreate your user im all ears

Me too.....i cant fix it...

I had the same problem.

I tried to install an old M-Box and used a very bad driver. Since then:

GarageBand has detected a MIDItimeout. Please restart your computer, then relaunch Gar...

I deleted all the digidesign, M-Audio .... Midid Drivers in the Library/Audio/Midi Drivers

(beware of deleting library stuff, you should know what you delet)

Now its ok.

happy!

I did what kladisaid and it worked.

so probably the problem is caused by a midi driver installed in the computer. check your midi drivers installed, that may be the problem.

Where do you find this library?

Library/Audio/Midi Drivers Where do you find this library?

There are two places to look for the drivers:

1. The System Library: /Library/Audio/Midi Drivers
2. Your User Library: ~/Library/Audio/Midi Drivers

If you are using Lion, your User Library will be hidden by default; to reveal it in the Finder use the Finder's "Go" menu: Select "Go" from the menu, and hold down the "options⌥" key, until the library appears in the drop-down menu. Then select it and click it to open it in the Finder.

To reveal the System Library open the "Library" folder on the top level of your System Volume, or again use the Finder's "Go" menu:

Go > Go to Folder

then enter: /Library/Audio

Regards

Léonie

Thanks LeonieDF, I didn't follow your exact steps but you pointed me in the right direction and removed the drivers successfully! Thanks for you expertise and prompt reply!!

You are welcome. Glad it worked for you.

WARNING TO OTHER mbox2 owners, won't work with Lion period! AVID has NO drivers for this OS, I found out the hard way. If you need something similar and reasonably priced, try the iU2 by Tascam $149 and no drivers required. It also comes with an iPad/iPhone connector which I tried with my iPad & Twisted Wave, DAW and AmpKit..worked great and was very quiet!

Woo Hoo!, there were no files in the user library, but there were three in the system library which I deleted, now Garageband is back to normal 🙂