Logic 7 Express Options

[peterpen]

Just got Logic Express 7 - using it on an eMac with an Edirol PCR-A30 controller and Harmon Kardon Soundsticks.
But I'm not hearing anything when I play something on the controller. I can see that the MIDI signal is going in and it is getting recorded, but there's no sound.
Total newbie question, but hey - that's what I am.
any tips?
thx,
peterpen

[coldharbour]

You don't need any external midi gear or audio interface to hear or make sounds, but of course a midi keyboard comes in very handy if you wanna play something.

I'm using Logic Pro 7 but I guess the procedure is more or less the same in Express.

First of all go to "Audio Hardware & Drivers" and make sure your sound card driver is enabled.

Then :

1. Open Environment
2. Choose "Audio" from the left side of the window
3. Create new audio object
4. Choose the correct device (for instance "Core Audio")
5. Choose correct channel, for instance "Instrument" if you want to play the Garageband / other soft synths
6. Open Track Mixer -> you can now see the channel strip for the Core Audio instrument track you just created
7. Choose the correct output channels (if they aren't automatically set) and then just above the output channel selection insert the instrument you want to play.
8. Open Arrange and double-click below the existing tracks -> a new track is created. Keep mouse button pressed on the track and a menu appears, choose Audio -> Audio Instruments -> Instrument 1 (or whatever numer the instrument is you created)
9. Play with your keyboard (make sure the keyboard is set to send on the same midi channel as is selected with your instrument) or get some midi data on the track and start the playback.