Pls help me ask the correct questions. . .

I got music creator 6 a little bit ago.  I downloaded everything and verified my sound card.  I can play the example music that comes with MC6, but when I write something and try to play it. . . nothing.  I suspect it has something to do with enabling the MIDI-sound card connection, but I'm not sure. . .  Pls help so my laptop can continue to live! lol (very frustrated) What info is needed to help steer me in the correct direction?
Jeff

what is it exactly that you are "writing"?  are you writing MIDI notes in the PRV or Staff view?  if so you need a softsynth as an output. 

MC6's normal template opens with a softsynth already in the project, you just have to point your MIDI track's output to that softsynth.  I forget which one is in the project, Soundcenter, or TTS-1.

I suggest you work thru the tutorials in the help files.  they will guide you on how to use softsyths better.

Some answers
Yes I am using my laptop's sound card.
I am writing in staff view. (Putting in the notes for the sound I want)
I believe the problem is " MIDI track's output to that softsynth" as Beagle indicated.
I am not overly familiar with softsync, but do understand that MIDI is not sound, or electronically recorded sound, but data that tells the computer what sound it represents.

I went thru the tutorials a few months ago, but finally stopped as i did not want to cause harm to my computer, then RL got in the way.  Now trying to pick it up again.

If I basically understand it the data I input intothe MC6 program (Staff View) needs to go thru a Softsynth to get its specific sound qualities (guitar, piano, etc) and then be routed thru my laptop's soundcard. . . so if that is all true then somewhere I have failed to make a connection.
Jeff

OK... your reply to me splained a bunch.

The signal flow would be.... you write the midi data into a midi track. In a different AUDIO track you have inserted a synth like Cakewalk Sound Center (CSC) and selected an instrument sound. 

The midi source track output would be the CSC which should appear in the possible output choices for the midi track. 

It's as simple as that. If you have no sound upon playback, be sure you have the playback mode set to MME drivers since factory cards like MME better, and be sure the latency and buffers are set high enough. 

Now.... the factory card is kinda like trying to run the Indy 500 in a competitive manner using a go-kart. It is that inefficient. Actually it is quite bad for synth based tunes due to it's limited ability to do what needs to be done, which is handle all the data conversion to sound in a real time manner. 

Most of us here have purchased aftermarket sound cards, called interfaces. They are designed to specifically do music, suing ASIO drivers, and deliver very low latency and allow multiple synths to run at the same time.... in real time. 

Just a little side note..... I have the same exact problem as you do when I'm on my laptop and try to use the factory card. NO SOUND. If I plug in my Saffire interface, everything is lovely. And yeah, I change the driver modes but all to no avail. I have even run ASIO4ALL without much joy. I've been doing this for quite some time, and I can not seem to get sound from the factory set up. 

Ok, so to take this by steps;
 1. when I open a new project, how do I assign the tracks a softsync?  I.E. track 1 is guitar, track 2 is piano, etc.
2. How do I tell my computer which output the softsyncs should use to play the sounds?
I'm pretty sure I do not have this part set up correctly before I even know if my soundcard works. . . the pointing my MIDI track to a softsync (track?  Assuming I have to have at least 1 softsync track for every MIDI track that is going to "play" that instrument)
Thanks for the help
Jeff

Jeff - make sure you work thru the tutorials in the help files.  they have help files in the tutorials that are "hands on" they have you open tutorial projects and tell you step by step how to do things like this.

Assuming I have to have at least 1 softsync track for every MIDI track that is going to "play" that instrument

 
Some soft synths, like Cakewalk's TTS-1, can accept input from 16 MIDI tracks with just one instance of the synth.
Others, like Cakewalk's Sound Center, can only accept input from 1 MIDI track at a time, so you would need to insert another instance of Sound Center for every MIDI track you want to use with that synth.