Newbie to logic - audio out

1. I have external speakers hooked up to my G5. Logic audio will NOT play out the external output of the G5. Garage band will, Logic wont. How do you get audio to play to external speakers.
2. I have figured out that you put Logic software synthns in the instrument tracks. What are the tracks that have instrument icons used for......external midi boxes?
thanks for enlightening me.

You have to make sure that Core Audio in Logic is enabled, and that the audio driver is set to "Built-In Audio". This is done under the Audio hardware and Drivers panel, found under the Audio menu.
Logic's default song has tons of those crazy icons all over the place. There are no instruments assigned to them. They are merely showing you what you can do wit the icons, if you're so inclined.
I'd suggest reading up on the various types of audio objects in Logic. This will arm you the knowledge to choose what you need.

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