Recording thru the internal card?

I recently got an eight channel digital mixer and am trying to record straight thru the mixer to Pro Tools Free. The problem is the tracks will not "see" the microphone input where I have stereo information comming in. Even if it came in mono, it would be an improvement. I recall the documentation for Free saying it only worked with the internal card. There is nowhere to setup the inputs. I've got a 450MHz G4, anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance! Abie

Is the output of your digital mixer analog or digital (the "internal sound card" of the mac is only analog)? If you plug the analog output of your mixer to the input of the mac, it's ok...

Buy an 001. You'll have 8 channels of Adat optical and a stereo channel of S/PDF. Set your sync to optical and plug in the lightpipe cables. Not to mention 24 tracks @ 24 bit.

Yeah, it's the analog output. 2 1/4" phones to a stereo 1/8" that's going into the mic on the sound card. I can pull the cables and I still see noise on the channels, it doesn't change. :P Abie

Okay, never mind! For some reason tonight the sound control pannel gave me the option to select the external mic. It didn't last night. Weird. Oh well, it works now! :::evil laughter::: Time to play! Abie