Creating software music in Soundtrack Pro..."musical typing"

Hello, all-
I just started using Final Cut Studio yesterday for a movie that I'm making with some friends. I'm doing the musical score, so I'm working a lot with Soundtrack pro. I just switched from using Garage Band, so it's a totally different world! =) In Gband, I'm used to creating software music...as in, typing in the notes, or "musical typing." I haven't found a way to do that in Soundtrack...is there a way? I know there are the loops, but I haven't figured out how to create my own music without recording a real instrument.
So basically, my question is, can you create a software instrument and do "musical typing" in Soundtrack?
Thanks!
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Nope, simply put, STP is audio rec. only, no MIDI[software inst.] Look up MIDI in the STP reference guide to see what you can do.
There is a way of syncing with MIDI inst.-you may be able to import individual recorded tracks this way from GB, by using an option that should appear as an output in GB called Soundtrack Pro Sync Source when both programs are running. You can automate controls over STP this way; typing notes will likely only yield one source of output.
When you play back the notes and have STP running a multi-trk file with a track rec. enabled then STP will record the real time playback on the software inst. track. That's how you can record MIDI data in STP, but i can't say for sure GB can do that...
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