need midi help

probly a dumb question for you guys, but i just bought mbox, and i cant hook up my midi keyboard. i go to audio midi setup and my usb/midi interface appears which should, also, a question mark icon appears, i get the info from that and all it says is "manufacturer - digidesign" anyone know what i do with that? or what it is? also another icon that reads "IAC Driver" is there, manufacturer says apple in the info window. idunno what that stuff is but all i wanna do is hook up my keyboard. if anyone can help please do. i cant figure this out. thanks in advance. you can email me also if you want to.

What USB MIDI interface are you using? You can ignore the IAC driver and the question mark icon - you just need to create a new device, name it etc, and "cable" it to your MIDI interface's icon (use your mouse to connect the in/out of the new device to the MIDI interface icon). Your device will then show up in ProTools - of course you need to physically connect the keyboard's MIDI cables to your interface as well, and connect your keyboard outputs to your mixer (or whatever) - but I'm assuming you've done that part right?

i'm using a midi sport 2x2. ived never used midi before so i really have no idea how to hook stuff up. but this is how i did it, let me know if i'm wrong. keyboard out goes to midi in on the interface right? isnt that all i need? i'm really not sure how midi works cause ive never gotten the chance to use it yet. i bought a protools book and read up on how to use midi. i did what it said but it still doesnt work. if you got anytime and want to help me out thatd be cool. thanks for the help allready.

What OS are you using,,If your on OSX with PT6 you should go to the MIDIMAN site and down load the latest drivers for your 2+2,,i use one of these my self and it works great,run the MIDI OUT from the 2x2 to the MIDI in of your KB,,run the MIDI OUT from the 2X2 to the MIDI IN of your KB,plug the usb cable from the 2X2 into your computer,,go to aplication,,utilitys,,audio-midi set up and open the aplication,,it will run it's self and you will be given a visual of your set up,,Close the aplication,, Open PT,,open a session,,open a midi track and your 2X2 should now show up as an IN/OUT option,, If your on OS9 then you will need to run the OMS set up aplication,,you can do this from inside PT,,it's real simmple but it's been a while since i did it so i cant remember the steps,,but at some piont you will be shown a list of periferals that OMS detected,scroll to the 2X2 icon and click on all of the IN/OUT's,,close the app and save as,,PT STUDIO SET UP,,now in PT you should see the 2X2 as an option in your MIDI track,, I hope this is clear,,i'm a bit hung over,,thing is,,under both OS's it's realy quite straight forward,,just seems a bit complicated,,the IAC icon is a tool for two pices of software to talk to one another,,you would use it if you had a soft synth running behind PT,,it's a vertual MIDI connecter,,

Midiman Midisport 2x2. i've got that one. There should have been a driver CD that came with it (labeled "Driver CD"). Pop it in, then go to the "Midisport series" folder, open the folder that says "MacOS X (10.1.5 or higher)". In that folder, you will see a Disk Image (.dmg). mount it, then install the package. After you've done that, open the AMS utility (Audio MIDI Setup) then go to MIDI and scan for devices. An interface should appear that reads "2x2" or something like that. Then, simply hit the "Add device" icon, and try to find your keyboard in the dropdown menus that come up. If you can't, enter in the info (name, brand, ect). If you had to put this in manually, hit the "More Properties" arrow, then select the proper setttings. These can usually be found in the guide for your keyboard (ie MIDI channels, clock, ect.) Good luck.

Hello, Just in case anyone is moving up to 10.3 ..... The driver for Midisport 8x8 Panther works for the 2x2.....as they do not list a 2x2 yet for Panther.

The old 2x2 driver for jaguar works fine with Panther....

ay thanks alot...i got it hook up finaly. and yea the old 2x2 drivers work fine. now ijust gotta read the book on how to use midi...but thanks alot for all the help on getting me hooked up