Midi with garageband

hello.. so i've had a lot of trouble connecting my keyboard via midi to my keyboard and using it in either protools or garageband.. i'm using a midisport 1 x 1 and going midi out from the keyboard (a yamaha p90 i believe) to the midi in and then obviously into the computer via usb.
i got it to work not too long ago and have no idea how i did it but when i went to use it again it was a no go. it seems that the computer is recognizing it in audio mid setup and so is garageband saying there is one midi port or whatever available to record from but i can't get any sound when i hit the keys nor can i record anything.. no signal.
so what's up with that?? thanks for the help in advance.

I'm actually running tiger.. i may be in the wrong edition of garageband. not sure what it is but anyway. in garageband i have tried changing the drivers etc.. don't know what else to do.

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