Disappearing Wave Form
I tried to use Garageband on my Macbook Pro to record a live show this weekend and failed magnificently. Running a 1/4" from the main outs on a Mackie mixing board, into my audio interface (Motu Ultralite), where I got a great signal, I then armed a "no effects" track, selected the corresponding input source and voila!
It worked at first, recording a chunk of the opening act. But then, when I tried again for the headliner, the wave form which seemed perfect in the recording process, disappeared as soon as I stopped the recording.
I should say I encountered a number of errors between takes, that the disk was running too slow. This surprised me, considering my beloved machine is a monster with a 2.8 GHz processor and 4GB memory.
Do you think it's a bug or is GB not equipped to handle a live signal?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Memory, 800 GB HD