Novation X-Station setting it up!

Hi
i have just got the x station i have it pluged in by the usb, i have it working as a controller keyboard for my Audio Units.
i have added a instrument in the enviroment and when playing the notes on it while slecting a midi channel i can see the data is going into logic as the light is flashing in the bottom left corner under the channel stripe but no sound.
if anyone has used the x station before and know where am going wrong please help.

yes i have that side working my audio units are working fine, my problem is the midi side as the x station has a sythn built in it and i cant seem to get the sound out of it.
in the environment i have made a new layer called it midi then added a new instrument in there slected the x station as the port for this object.
then in the arrange window i have choosen the midi > instrument, but no sound comes out,
this is the first time ive tried adding midi also to my set up.
any help would be great.

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