Roland Fantom G8 to logic?

Hi there all together
I'm in serious trouble with my roland fantom g8. I linked it to my iMac via USB-Midi Cable and USB (fantom is said to be working like this). I also plugged in a line out from the fantom which goes into the audio input of the Mac.
Now, I'm still to stupid. Hitting the capslock I get sound from the fantom, but there's absolutely no midi transmission when I hit the keys of the fantom.
I made the environment as said in ninja's youtube-video:
Physical output to keys (incoming notes) to "showing notes" to sequenzer. Is there anything else I should do? In the physical output are the usb-midi-cable as well as the fantom. I changed the settings in the mac's in- and output as well.
Please help!
Kind regards from a helpless woman in Switzerland...
Adlerherz

You should never have to set up anything other than your usb connection from your fantom g8 to your imac. I have read posts on this forum where some members are responding to other members questions with the wrong information. The usb on the fantom G8 WILL transmit both audio and midi into an application. You may want to use an external sound device if your not satisfied with the quality of the recordings using the imac hardware, but that is another issue all together. I record HD audio (24/96) all the time directly from my fantom into my host application. That includes midi as well. Thought you might like to know....
David

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Hi there fellow musicians!
I have a great wish to control my setup using Roland Fantom G8 keyboard.
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Well i hope my explanation helps to solve you your provlem.
Firstly, Cheer up......cos ur gonna get away wid the problem wid dis........
Lets start.......
1. Install all the softwares that came with Fantom G6 ( Fantom G drivers & Fantom g editor).
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