No MIDI output from Logic 8 to Korg X5D

[I, Brian]

I'm having real problems setting up my Kord X5D with Logic 8 on an iMac.

 

I've connected the MIDI out/in to an M-Audio device which connects via USB to to back of the iMac.

 

And the USB M Audio device is showing up in the list of MIDI instruments in Logic.

 

I can play existing Logic virtual instruments fine on the X5D as a MIDI keyword, but I just can't play/record the X5D synth sounds to play/record them in Logic.

 

This issue is causing a lot of despair. Anyone able to help, please?

[Beer Moth]

http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicstudio/instruments/index.html#chapter=11%26section=2%26tasks=true

 

Should help.

[I, Brian]

Yep, been through this with Apple support before.

 

However, I notice in Logic, while it displays MIDI in as active, there's no output showing for MIDI out, which I suspect may be the problem.

 

But I'm at a loss to find where I've gone wrong, which is extremely frustrating, as means I can't work on my normal compositions.

[gdoubleyou]

Do you have the Korg's audio, routed to an audio input?

 

[David Nahmani]

First steps:

 

1) Create an external MDII track.

2) In the Library, choose the MIDI output port of your M-Audio interface (that is connected to your synth's MIDI in).

3) Plug headphones into the synth's headphones outputs, and playback a recording of a MIDI sequence you've made onto the external MIDI track.