MIDI recognized, but no sound in Garageband

Hello. I've been using a Casio CTK-411 simply as a MIDI controller, and whenever I plug it into the computer it says that the MIDI is recognized, but for some reason no sound comes out when I try to record. Everything was working for me before, but it just stopped suddenly one day, I don't even recall making any changes to my preferences/settings or anything. However, when I look at the Garageband preferences now it shows I could use the Built-In Input and the Built-In Output settings, but there is no longer a setting for USB despite that Garageband recognizes my MIDI. What's going on here?
Could it possibly be that my MIDI controller itself is broken, but the USB cable works fine? If I detach my MIDI controller, it still says that a MIDI input is detected. I'm not sure what I did to cause everything to stop working so suddenly. I need to get recording soon too.
Thanks for your help.
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However, when I look at the Garageband preferences now it shows I could use the Built-In Input and the Built-In Output settings, but there is no longer a setting for USB despite that Garageband recognizes my MIDI. What's going on here?
These options are for the audio input, for midi you don't get a selection.
It is weird that your computer detects a midi device when none is connected!
When you're playing on your keyboard and have a software instrument track activated - does the little blue light in the corner of the LED field light up when you strike a key?

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