Reloading Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) settings

Hello all, I recently had to reinstall a fresh copy of OS X onto my system but I did make a backup of my hard drive before hand. Is it possible to reload my old Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) settings from my backup hard drive? If so, where might I find that file? Thanks
G5 2.5   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

More specifically, SL has broken something with regard to AMS!
I'm a film composer using LOTS of hardware MIDI devices (in addition to my soft-synth array). Yes, hardware still exists, and serves a vital/professional purpose. I've got 6 MOTU MTP-AV interfaces (all USB) and they all connect their individual MIDI ports to individual MIDI devices.
In all versions of OSX (pre SL), AMS would retain my graphic layout of my studio. Now, no matter what I do now, AMS insists upon snapping the entire hardware footprint along the top portion of my AMS screen. Completely useless and arcane!
All versions of AMS were bad enough (a step backwards from MOTU's OS9 FreeMIDI), but this is truly ridiculous.
Are we all giving up on hardware/professional synths??? Can this be fixed???

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