[DM-MUG] MIDI

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I'm fairly familiar with MIDI on the old Studio Vision software and have used it almost exclusively for the past 18 years.  I decided to try out a USB MID interface with our newer 20" iMac.  After a couple of frustrating hours trying to work with the iMac through various applications, I have been unsuccessful in receiving MIDI from an outside controller or instrument.  I've tried a couple MIDI controllers as input device including a piano and drum machine. Both of these work correctly and are able to receive and transmit MIDI.  The Vista based laptop we own seems to work fine with the USB MIDI port device.  The iMac seems to see and recognize the USB device as a MIDI port with 1 in and 1 out.  I've gone through the Audio/MIDI setup application on the iMac and set up the USB port  to look for MIDI on the appropriate channels.  I've used both the free MIDI Monitor application and the ittybittymidi widget to look for incoming MIDI as well as Garage (garbage) band.  (I call it garbage band because it is seems pretty useless for MIDI.)  The Audio/MIDI setup application was able to send the test MIDI out through the port.  At this point I've given up until I can hear from someone who might have more experience and give me an idea.

iMAc
2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 
MAc OS X version 10.4.11


The Audio/MIDI setup application reminds me a lot of OMS but not nearly as robust.  

Any suggestions? 
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