Toraiz sp 16 Midi

Is it possible to use my keyboards midi (out ) into the toraiz (in) so i can play keys with the samples loaded on the toraiz? if so,how do i go about doing this,,i have not yet seen a setting for this except the sync midi setting but i tried everything to get these two to  work together and i'm not too sure if it is possible now,keyboard is akai mpk61 i ran the out of keyboard into the in of toraiz and out of toraiz into the in of keyboard and tried every channel on keyboard 1-16 a-b.