Engaging audio tracks for recording

I'm using multiple instruments to record drums, but whenever I engage multiple audio tracks it doesn't work, example. I'll engage tracks 1 and 2, and then when I go to engage audio track 3 audio track 1 disengages without me doing anything. This will happen in pairs of two, allowing me to only be able to record to audio tracks at a time. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?
G5 2GHZ Mac OS X (10.2.x) 2.5 GB Ram

following jords reply that happens because that's your currently selected inputs,
if your audio interface allows you to have more than 2 inputs if you select 3 and 4,5-6 etc
on the following audio tracks channel strips you will be able to record on more than 2 mono channels and so on.

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I tried to build screensets like you suggested. If I could
get this to work, I think it would be a great solution, but
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Then I opened the main mixer, which has all the faders.
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Only if Logic is actually recording, can i then record-enable the midi track without deactivating the audio
track.
A big problem is, that when i click to record enable the
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top, where the audio track is. THen i'm forced to travel
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I am blissfully unaware of how production companies work .
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Mal,
One can do this very easily in Encore. While it's more an Encore question, let me try to tackle it here.
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I did wonder if I should edit my answer with more detail
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Hello!
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I need to give separate audio tracks to my sound mixer but am confused on how to do so in FCP X.
So far I've:
Set the dialogue roles and stems for each character
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Selected:
"Format: Audio Only"
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If you're dumping audio for ProTools, you should be able to export XML for use in PT. Haven't done it myself, but the option's been there for a while now. You should be able to find instructions easily.
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