Mixing down - lost MIDI tracks

Hi
I have just started using GarageBand over the past couple of months. I have figured out all about locking tracks etc - or so I thought. I can get all the tracks to run fine (real audio and MIDI). The only thing is that when I export to iTunes, a couple of the MIDI tracks can be lost. Why???
It all seems quite random. My MIDI keyboard is connected. And all the tracks are locked for mixing down. (Did I need to have the keyboard connected at the moment when I locked the tracks, maybe?) The funny thing is, on some songs I am hearing all the tracks, MIDI included.
So, baffled...

You don't need to have the keyboard connected for exporting the mix: and you don't need the tracks to be locked - that is to make it easier for the CPU to handle the load with a lot of tracks.
As to the missing tracks, forgive me for asking, but are you sure you didn't click the mute button instead of the lock button? (We've all done things like that! - and it's worth starting with the basics). Anyway, try a mix without locking the tracks - perhaps that's the problem, and, as I say, there's no need.

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I would like to know what do you guys beleive is
better to mix down on my Motu HD192 or logic pro.
Try both. See what sounds better to you.
Also I have a huge midi issue, I have my Fantom X7
connected to my G5 via midi. I have a motu HD192
that I'm using as my sound card interface. Using my
roland I can play and hear all the plug-ins within
logic no problem, EXS24 Ultrabeat.... etc. However
when I try to play and hear the sounds coming from
my Roland, either I hear nothing at all; or I hear
the sounds just fine, but when I try to play another
instrument, on a different track I still hear the
sounds coming out of my Roland.
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ports and click, I tried to midi it all failed. If
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