For some reason my first post never passed to the forum. Just thought I would thank everyone for helping me out. Here is a msg from the Apple Discusion that fixed my midi woes. I love LOGIC!! :) Scott ____________________ OK.. here is my logic file. Just click on the download button to grab the file. http://www.4shared.com/file/667871/a1941c41/MOTU_MTP_ENV_V01.html Thanks Scott __________________ iSchwartz: Thanks for posting your file. OK... this is gonna take some 'splainin' ;-) I'm going to suggest that you totally re-do the MIDI portion of your Environment. It's going to be easy (see the eeeezeee instructions below). First... the Physical Input object the "to Recording and Thru" object should, in most cases, be connected only as follows with a single cable: PHYSICAL INPUT (sum) -------->SEQUENCER INPUT ("to Recording and Thru") The Physical Input and the Sequencer Input have got to be the most confounding part of Logic's Environment and presents a lot of confusion. I'll try to explain this... "Physical Input" really translates as "the place where MIDI data coming from your MIDI gear that's physically plugged into your MIDI interface shows up inside Logic". You may be thinking, "Who cares to see where MIDI data coming into Logic comes from? Obviously MIDI data is coming from the interface, or [ahem] the "physical input"! Isn't it the job of CoreMIDI and/or the driver software for the MIDI interface to make the process of MIDI coming into Logic transparent?" To answer that question, I'd say this: if you didn't know that the Physical Input object existed, you'd be none the wiser and the process WOULD be transparent. But ever since the earliest versions, Logic has always showed the internal path of MIDI to it's "brain", and that consists of the Physical Input (where MIDI comes into Logic's domain) and the Sequencer Input (where the MIDI data goes after it comes in to Logic's domain). From the Sequencer Input, MIDI data is routed to whatever instrument(s) you've selected (and record-enabled) in the Arrange window. This is what the "Recording and Thru" refers to! The "Thru Instrument" can be an external MIDI device or an Audio Instrument. Traditionally, all external MIDI devices have been grouped in one of the Environments layers, namely, the MIDI Instrument layer. Here's how you can eeeeeeeasily do that from your current setup: - Select only the MIDI devices you currently have in your Clicks and Ports. No monitors, just MIDI instruments - Cut them (CMD-X) - Select the MIDI instrument layer, and paste them there - While still in this layer, select all (CMD-A) and clear the cables (Edit/ clear cables only) - Go back to the Clicks and Ports layer and connect: Physical Input (sum)--->Sequencer input - Get rid of everything else in the Clicks and Ports page except the Click Now, go to any track in the arrange page. Click and hold on the instrument name and select from the MIDI Instruments layer. This will be how you select MIDI destinations to respond to the MIDI input from your controllers. Note that there is no longer any cabling between the Physical Input and your MIDI instruments. This is normal. Actually, there is "virtual" cabling between the MIDI input to your system (your controllers) and whatever device(s) is selected on a record-enabled MIDI track (or Audio Instrument) in the Arrange window. If you want to play two MIDI devices simultaneously, call up those instruments on two different tracks. Click the red (R) button on both. Now your MIDI input is being "thru'd" to both instruments. This will work for more than two instruments, BTW. Sorry this is so long, but I hope it helps you simplify your setup. _________________________________________________________