Can't hear midi?

I have been using logic for a while, but just got a Midiman USB keyboard and wanted to do some midi tracks. The drivers are installed and it works and plays in Reason. I can record the midi notes in Logic, but there is no playback. Is there a reason for this? I am not seeing a way to do this. How does one record and hear a midi track?
Message was edited by: marco33

A MIDI track is for playing an external MIDI device like a synth/keybard etc - what I think you need is an instrument track into which you add a logic synth/plugin- you then play this with your MIDI keyboard.
Click on the box under the I/O label on the channel strip and select an instrument like ES2.. Or click on the box at the top of the strip and select something from the Logic Library.
Ian

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