Plugins on external MIDI instruments?

is it possible to use plugins on external midi instruments? and if so, how? cant find anything in the manual (although i do not doubt it is in there).
i guessed i could create an audio track, route the inputs from the inputs to which my instrument is connected to on my interface, and insert plugins on the audio track. but im not getting any signal on the audio track, even though the instrument plays fine and i can see it appearing on the relevant inputs on my interface (anyway this was just a guess, that could be the completely wrong thing to do).
i hope that makes sense. thanks in advance.

Set up your midi instruments using a logic "external" instrument. Select it from the instrument list, set in/out assignments and midi channel. Then the sounds will appear on channel strips like an internal instrument allowing full use of all the mixer elements.

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