02-09-2012, 10:47 PM

Hey everyone
I recently got Ableton Live on my Macbook Pro. Absolutely loved it. However, recently a friend tried to install Pro Tools, Sibelius, and the VocAlign plugin on it for me.
Pro Tools installed but he neglected to tell me that I needed an M-box to run it -_- Sibelius failed to install and I don't actually know if VocAlign worked or not because I can't actually check.
I got rid of Pro Tools and the Sibelius files then went to work on Ableton and it wouldn't open. I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but still nothing. I did this several times.
Later on I discovered a lot of my music software wasn't running anymore. The programmes are still there but they just won't open. They either bring up a loading screen and just don't go from there or the icon in the dock constantly bounces and nothing else happens.This is seriously bad because I'm a music technology student and I seriously need these programmes. Here's a list of programmes that won't work.

Garageband
Ableton
Mixxx
Virtual DJ
Sonic Visualiser
VSTi Host Demo
Tux Guitar
Cubase LE4

Other programmes like iTunes/Microsoft/Mindnode/Facetab etc. still work. Please, if anyone can help me with this, let me know. I'm actually freaking out that I might have to completely wipe my computer which is the last thing I want to do.

Cheers

02-09-2012, 11:26 PM

Yeah, this kind of thing can happen when one installs ... um, certain kinds of software.

Sounds like something has totally hosed the MIDI/Core Audio engine, since only apps that rely on that appear to be affected. I can't think of much else to do about that other than a system reinstall, apps reinstall and some prayer or ritual sacrifice (depending on your religious views).

Luckily, you have backups and original install disks for all that expensive software, so I wouldn't think this would be that much of a deal. Use Time Machine to go back before your friend "helped" you and restore from there (or your last clone if you're not using Time Machine)