Can Garage Band play an external MIDI synth?

Can Garage Band play an external MIDI keyboard?
I have an external MIDI keyboard/synth.
In Garage Band Preferences I’ve set Input Device and Output Device to my external MIDI keyboard.
I can play the external keyboard with Garage Band in Record mode and it records just fine.
However, when I select Garage Band to play, nothing plays on the external keyboard.
I can set the Output Device to Build-In Output and Garage Band plays the software synth on my computer just fine.
Can Garage Band play an external MIDI keyboard?
-Mike

Thanks lenoie
What I'm hoping for is for Garage Band to send MIDI out to the external keyboard.
Does anyone know if Garage Band can do this?
Thanks :-)

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elastic wrote:
Hi,
I have connected the nord going midi in (from nord) to midi out (on the audio8) and midi out (on the audio8) to midi in (on the nord). The nord is also connected to my mac pro with usb and is also powered by mains.
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