Mandolane broken? alternatives?

[sineSurfer]

Hi, yesterday I played a little with fresh mandolane install and mios studio just fine, but today I can't make it work again, keep getting this message "Received SysEx message of less than 8 bytes.".

Things I tried so far:

Different midi interfases: midisport 4x4, tascam US428, GM5x5x5, same results on each one

Changed the core I was using to rule out some hardware error

Changed midi cables

reinstalled mandolane

activated 32bit on Java preferences

tried mios studio 9_3 and 9_4

all this without any luck

the mac is running with:

OS 10.5.8

java version "1.5.0_22"

Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_22-b03-333-9M3125)

Java HotSpot Client VM (build 1.5.0_22-147, mixed mode, sharing)

as a workaround I tried to go with the laptop, but had an old mandolane demo installed now expired, so out of luck there too and don't feel like buying a possibly broken piece of soft so...

is there anything else I should look for?(I can't tell what changed since yesterday, other than turning off/on the comp )

Are there any usable alternatives to mandolane?

thanks,

Freddy.

[m00dawg]

You can get around the expired demo install by deleting the license file. I'm not saying you should do that, I'm just saying you can :) I'm running 10.6.2 and do not have any problems with Mandolane but that's unfortunately really all I can offer :/