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

[des915]

Hi,
im a newbie at Macs in general and have recently purchased an iMac G5, 1gb RAM w/Logic Express 7, and an O2 keyboard.
They way i understood it, an interface wasn't needed to use the setup unless i wanted to enter my own samples from intruments, voices etc, into the music. Well i wanted to become familiar w/the program first before i began inserting my own external sounds.
My question is what 80% of users in this forum have asked...
Why am i not hearing anything from the instruments?
I can hear the Garage Band instruments but i cant hear a single thing from Logic Ex. Same thing as everyone else. I can visually see the notes being keyed..Did i misunderstand the Mac website? do i need an interface afterall? i THINK i have set my driver correctly to the Core Audio setting, using the "Built-in audio". i read fabianos advice of "opening the midi environment" by setting a new internal object (quicktime) from the menu. First of all, a new object, like the instruments?
and what menu? i didnt even try to connect the line between the two cuz i couldnt even get past the first part. i cant figure out how to even use QT for my advantage, there doesnt seem to be a link between the two. This has been an extremely frustrating week trying to firgure this program out. If anyone has any ideas on how to help a Mac newbie get sound from Logic Ex..please help. Thanx.