Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I got it to work!
I made my first note today in Logic! Wooh-hoo (in a Homer Simpson voice!)

I have no  idea why it doesn't identify the microkontrol by name, but
once I rebooted without the usb connected it told me an audio device
was no longer attached. With this information I tried arming the track
but I still had no sound, so I read the manual. Went between several
index leaps, and found the mysterious "hold down" mouse button for
available instruments. I feel like I just opened up the first layer of
a Hellraiser cube- one small step for man, one giant leap for my kind!

Thank you George for your help and bloodychoir for your helpful
suggestions! 

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "bloodychoir" <bloodychoir@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi.  This is probably ridiculous to suggest, but I run a Novation
Speedio usb audio 
> interface with a G5 and for a while I had a similar non recog.
problem, until I realised that 
> with some usb gear and Logic you can't have it connected when you
boot up your system.  
> Strange, but I have to plug my interface in once my desktop's up and
then boot Logic.  
> Perhaps it's a Novation driver thing.  My Evolution controller on
the other hand is 
> recognised immediately.  Another possibly ridiculous suggestion -
make sure your 
> instrument track is armed to record.  Sorry if this is silly, but
the number of times I've been 
> stymied by elementary things is astonishing.
> Good luck.
> 
> 
> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "slogancola" <slogancola@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Thank you very much,
> > When I get back tommorrow I will try out what you suggested.
> > I can't wait to use this software!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@a... wrote:
> > > Did you create a midi multi instrument on the environment page? I
> > think you 
> > > need to do that, and set the port to USB. Then on the arrange page,
> > when you 
> > > choose a midi track, there are some menu items in the parameters in
> > the channel 
> > > strip which allow you to choose that if its going to produce sound.
> > Normally 
> > > you would set the korg to be transmit midi and then use that for
> > other synths 
> > > and soft synths. I have one keyboard a number of modules and soft
> > synths. Logic 
> > > knows which module to sound because of what arrange track I am on.