Midipipe screwed up my midi device in garage band

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Midipipe screwed up my midi device in garage band

i downloaded the program 'midipipe' because i was having problems with mapping my roland td10 to garageband's midi presets. i opened midipipe, was attempting to follow these instructions (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/369702?answerId=1781708022#1781708022&messageID=1781708) on changing the mapping, i got to about step 3 or so after making the input and clicking "hijack" and putting midi input, key mapper, key mapper, didnt save the project and exited out of the program, and then garage band wouldnt recognize my midi device any more.

when i would open midipipe while GB was open it would say "now detecting two midi devices" or something and then after i reopened midipipe GB said it only recognized one midi device and it was the midipipe program only. midipipe stopped recognizing the midi device in the input but not in the output. GB does not recognize hits from the roland td 10 at all but it shouldnt have changed where the midi was on the keyroll because i never saved any preset. help and answers please!

GarageBand '09, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jun 9, 2011 5:19 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 9, 2011 11:55 PM in response to alanfromtoronto

I hope you get an answer because the same thing happened to me trying to use Midipipe to correct for nonstandard MIDI mapping coming from a Yamaha DTexplorer drumkit. Before Midipipe the MIDI drum sounds were there in GB and could be recorded (but they were incorrect), after Midipipe there are no sounds or signals at all. Garageband sees the MIDI device but doesn't record or process anything. I took the Macbook and Focusrite Saffire 6 usb interface to the Apple store for a one on one session and they deleted and then reinstalled the Focusrite and Midipipe software but it still doesn't work.

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Answer 2

Jun 10, 2011 7:28 AM in response to Eric Schellenberger

wow i wasnt expecting that. im hoping that if i reinstall the operating system it will hopefully work.

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Answer 3

Jun 10, 2011 9:17 AM in response to alanfromtoronto

Let me know if you fix it and I'll do the same.

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Answer 4

Jul 19, 2011 8:25 PM in response to Eric Schellenberger

i have the same exact problem. again if anyone at all has a fix let us know, please! this is miserable.

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Answer 5

Jul 21, 2011 1:59 PM in response to alanfromtoronto

Hi everyone. I'm having a similar problem. Ever since I upgraded my iMac and upgraded Garageband, now Midipipe won't work with my Yamaha DTXplorer electronic drums, which I used to use with EZdrummer while inside Garageband. Now, I can't click on the "hijack" button on Midipipe when setting up a "midi in" setting. There's NO sound at all.

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Answer 6

Jul 21, 2011 2:04 PM in response to alanfromtoronto

Hi again, I'm back. I should have given more detail about my problem. Here's the link to the question I posted on thie Garageband help forum. So far, no answers. I wish everyone luck.

My request for help was entitled "Please help:Midipipe no longer works after Garageband/iMac upgrades", and the link to my help request is:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3172283?answerId=15655696022#15655696022

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Answer 7

Jul 21, 2011 2:11 PM in response to macuserrich

This is the GarageBand help forum.

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Answer 8

Jul 21, 2011 2:18 PM in response to Christoph Drösser

I know. And I hope we all find the answers we need. Thanks

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Answer 9

akbreezy

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Aug 24, 2011 1:15 PM in response to alanfromtoronto

Has anyone solved this yet? I'm having the exact same issue. My drums just stopped registering in garageband.

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Answer 10

akbreezy

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Aug 24, 2011 7:17 PM in response to alanfromtoronto

Ok, I figured out how to get garageband to recognize the midi input again. Open up Audio MIDI setup and make sure the MIDI window is open. Make sure your device is off. click on the device and then click remove device. plug your device back in and garageband should recognize it. You may also need to download drivers again.

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Answer 11

Jul 17, 2015 2:29 PM in response to akbreezy

Hey, I had the same issue,

I made a script that reset your midi setup automatically just by pressing one key.

pretty handy solution for guys that use midipipe to hijack nidi devices :

https://youtu.be/EIJv_jjTOD0

enjoy 🙂

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