Garage band/H2 interface distortion in recording?

I am using a H2 as a digital interface in my macbook, and after 10 minutes of recording multiple live tracks, I start to get a static like distortion, shown in the recording level indicator, and in the playback, of the track that I am working on. I have been able to record, with no distortion or problems, with the H2 by itself, but encounter the problem when connected to the Macbook. I suspect it is Garage Band, but has anyone else had a similar problem?
I am also getting a one third of a second delay with the metronome in playback, when recording another track on top of the original.
I took a Garage Band course last summer, and had no metronome problems, and had the distortion problem, 1 time out of 20, using the H2. Does this sound like a hardware or software problem? Thank you for any help

It does seem to be a problem with all Garagebands. I get this distortion, like white noise randomly (usually in the first 2 minutes) and I get this echo (not from monitors) after about 10 seconds of recording. I've tried my H2 on GB 3, 4, 5 on several different computers and they all have this problem. I've tried several updates to the H2, no change. I've tried several different USB cables, no change. I've tried with or without powered USB hub, no change. It still might be a power problem, not enough power from the USB ports.... BUT. I've tried the H2 on the one of the same computers and Logic Express and had no problem. I need to do some further tests but it seems the problem is in Garageband. I'm gonna try Audacity.... also some extended sessions in Logic Express. I do have one more computer I can try all this on as well.

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