Logic Gold 5.5 Drum Synths, Problems loading supplied samplers Options

[TThorpe]

Hello, I am a newbie to midi.
I just recently bought Logic Gold 5.5 and the ES2 and an Oxygen 8. I am running both a 9.2 and a 10.2 system. I can get sounds from the ES2 and the other synths in both systems, but I can figure out the routing of the cables and the physical inputs and all the other things to get the drum machines loaded in the Environment. Do they go into the same channels that the ES2 and other synths go. I would think they would appear as options in the channels but I cant see them. The manual is a bit tricky and does not address the drum machines. I am in france and I think finding a copy of the book that soeone metioned would be hard to find. I could order it yes.
Any suggestions would be most welcomed.
Thanks
Thomas

[rickenbacker]

Doggiebox is a neat drum machine solution for OS X users. It's not up to final-release quality yet, but I've been tracking it through its various beta versions and it's been getting better every time - it's definitely worth looking at. By the time Ben's finished it, it'll include pretty much everything users are asking for. Battery is very cool, too, but only OS 9 at present - OS X version due this year.

Re. PC Publishing: if the book in question is "Fast Guide To Emagic Logic" by Stephen Bennett, personally I wouldn't bother. I had a copy and hated it and returned it almost immediately to Amazon. It was no use whatsoever. Bought the Wizoo books instead - "Logic Audio 4 Macintosh" by Dave Bellingham and "Logic Audio FX Collection" by Ralf Kleinermanns. Both were SO much better written than the "Fast Guide..." and infinitely more helpful in getting started with Logic. I bought mine direct from the company website (www.wizoo.com), no problems. They've probably got updated versions now, too.