Novice can't get sound from keyboard back to G5

Question

Hi – absolute novice here. Sorry to interrupt, but I need some assistance (it’s driving me crazy..) I learned a little on an old PC with an old Logic installed. Liked it so much I decided to commit myself.
Recently bought a new G5 and Logic Pro 7. Managed to transfer my old Logic files,
But I don’t know much about the technical stuff..
I have an old keyboard (Roland XP-10) connected to the G5 via an Edirol UM-2 MIDI interface (via those 5 pin plugs). I assume it’s working ok because it shows up in the MIDI Devices pane of the Audio MIDI Setup Window..
I’m almost there; when I play back the old songs, I can hear the WAV files-they play back fine, and I know my MIDI files are also fine, I can hear them playback in sync and all…
However… I can’t hear them out of the computer, I can only hear them through headphones plugged into the keyboard.
(On my old PC I had to connect the keyboard to the soundcard with a stereo line-out from the keyboard to the soundcard (as well as MIDI cables). Is this also the case with the G5? I have tried taking a stereo line-out of the keyboard into the G5 but am unsure if any settings need to be changed to receive the signal back into the G5.)
Please help. I have lots of nice music that I couldn’t finish due to my old set-up being inadequate. This time round it’s my fault. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

In order to hear them on the computer, you would have to set up an audio input object in the environment and point the input to the audio in of the computer. And, yes, you would need a hook up your keyboard's audio out to the computer's analog audio input (as opposed to the digital in).
However, this is rather kludgy because if you plan to do anything else, such as vocals, you are going to be unplugging and plugging stuff in, due to the fact that you will only have one audio input. I definitely suggest you get yourself an audio interface with multiple inputs. There are plenty available for a good price that will hook into the firewire slot (a PCIe interface for you may be overkill in this case). This will allow you to properly monitor your keyboard output while doing other things within Logic, such as recording other audio such as vocals.
jord