M-Audio USB Keyboard - MIDI?

Hi folks!
Since I bought Garage Band almost a year ago, I´ve been using a USB keyboard (M-Audio Keystation USB) who´s functioned quite good in that application.
Today, I upgraded to Logic Ex 7 and halfway through the manual the next step is recording via the connected Audio/MIDI device. Now my USB keyboard won´t generate sound (at least not that I can hear).
My question is: How do I configure my USB keyboard to work with Logic? Or, eventually, do I have to obtain a MIDI keyboard in order to record in Logic? (And will I have better results if I connect to my pre-amp?)

I don't know if "hassle-free" is the right term - once you set up Logic and Audio MIDI Setup properly, you should have no problems. I wouldn't say Logic is as plug-and-play as GB. As Brad says, the MIDI instruments seem to confuse a lot of new users. They see a Grand Piano and think it'll work just like in GB, but it's not the same thing. Those instruments send MIDI out to external sound modules and keyboards (or other applications). To use Logic's internal instruments, you need to set up an Audio Instrument channel, not a MIDI instrument. As soon as you do it once, though, you're home free.
Keith, I'm not sure why you get that glitch in GB - what keyboard are you using?

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