Audio Recording in Logic

Having difficulty recording audio into Logic.
Once recorded, their is no wave form representation appearing in the recorded region.
Wave form appears in the Sample Editor and their is an audio signal on play back.
Have I selected a particular preference not knowing?
Any help would be great!
John

dRibles wrote:
Sorry Pancenter! Clicked the wrong icon. U deserve 20 points in my book. =)
Hi John, no big deal, it's the thought that counts.
Actually, reading the manual wouldn't have helped you on that one. What I meant was reading up on the functions... there's no real reason to change recording delay, it should always be set to the default 0 <zero> unless/until you've tested your system, done the math and need to set the record delay to a specific number.
Some systems with less than great audio drivers need this adjustment.

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en español
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