Can't hear midi keyboard

i plugged my midi keyboard into logic express just like i did in garageband. i can see the notes but i cant hear them! how do i fix this? i've tried everything i can think of and i didnt find it in the manual. i wan't to lay down some drum beats and stuff but it wont let me do it manually w/ my keyboard. please help me!

Mike,
You may want to run the Setup Assistant. That helped me out when starting. Do this by:
Logic Pro>Preferences>Start Logic Setup Assistant
If you have done this already, be sure you have selected the correct Audio Driver. To check this go to:
Logic Pro>Preferences>Audio
Then click the "Drivers" tab. Make sure "Built in" is selected in the Driver drop down menu, if you want playback to go to the laptop speakers.
If all of this is correct, be sure that you have an "Audio Instrument" selected in the track you see the MIDI notes. To do this:
1) Locate an "Audio Instrument" track. Usually called something like "Inst 1".
2) Click on the Audio Instrument track in the Arrange. A fadder should appear on the left hand side of the Arrange. If it does not try typing "P" or going to the local menu and click View>Parameters
3) in the Input slot of the Audio Instument track's fader, click and hold the top slot (just below I/O) follow the menus to:
Stereo>Logic>EFM1
4) Now play your MIDI keyboard and see if it plays back.
Hope this is helpful,
Mitch

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