No audio from Presonus Firepod into Logic Express 8

[haytrain]

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I'm brand new to the home recording game, but haven't some aggravating problems already. I've got a Presonus Firepod that I'm plugging microphones and guitars into to get those audio signals into Logic Express 8, but I can't get any audio to actually show up in the arrange area. Logic and my iMac recognize that the Firepod is plugged in, but when I go to record through the microphone on the Firepod track, nothing happens. And I know that an audio signal is going through the Firepod, as when I boost the volume high enough, the red "clip" light comes on. There's just no audio coming through to Logic. Even when I talk into the microphone (prior to arming the track and hitting "record") I am unable to hear any audio from the microphone. Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing or what setting in Logic I need to change?

Here's my computer's system settings for the audio (input & output):

https://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/jeremyhay/Logic1.png
https://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/jeremyhay/Logic2.png

Here's my audio settings in Logic Express 8. (I have "built-in device" selected as my input. Is this correct? I tried changing it to the Firepod and the only way I could hear audio I recorded through the CAPS LOCK keyboard is through the headphone jack on the Firepod, and that still doesn't solve my problem of microphone audio not coming through to Logic)

https://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/jeremyhay/Logic3.png

Here's an example of me recording a piano sound using the CAPS LOCK keyboard in logic:

https://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/jeremyhay/Logic4.png

But when I try and record on the Firepod track using the microphone, the audio doesn't appear in the arrange area. In fact, I can't hear any audio from my microphone through my computer's speakers. Only when I plug headphones into the Firepod.

https://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/jeremyhay/Logic5.png

Thanks so much for any help that you can offer!

 

[dgatwood]

1. You should be using the FIREPOD, not built-in audio, as your audio device. Built-in audio refers to those two little 1/8" mini plugs on the back of your machine.

2. Logic, IIRC, doesn't display device-provided channel names. You'd have to find out from Presonus what the mapping is from real inputs to raw numbers. For all I know, they could have put the S/PDIF inputs as 1 and 2. Try a different input number and see if you can find the audio.

3. Same problem applies to the outputs.