Import audio using dsr-11 as AtoD converter

Cassette audio player -> Sony DSR-11->firewire -> thunderbolt.
FCP sees the DSR-11 AND plays the sound - but refuses to record the data.
I am trying to use a Sony DSR-11 to convert (digitize) some audio tapes of a person speaking in real time and pass that data on to FCP.
When I play the cassette, and press the record button on the DSR-11, and then select file/event import - I can hear the audio clearly.
the time imported on the left starts to increment -- but the " data captured " on the top right says " no data.
What's up with this? I selected audio only. I can hear the audio -- it has to be digital.
I am so close -- it is just frustrating.
I might have go buy a cheap Roxio converter instead of using this $1600 A to D unit. Aaarghhh.
latest version of FCP, Yosemite, 2013 iMac with i7 and fusion drive (the Beast)

I guess my main question is this : What do people use on a Mac? I have always heard of musicians and editors using it for audio, and now I have a $3500 machine and it won't deal with plain audio on a usb???????
just color me perplexed. but really - what are people using?
It simply looks like you are missing a driver for a particular usb device. What device is it? Did you actually try it? Does it appear in System Profile? Does it appear in System Preferences->Sound?
I have both a Griffin iMic (which is a nice usb audio input and output device made for the mac, years ago) and a cheap usb audio "pen" with audio in and out.
They both work without any driver installation in Yosemite, just plug and play. So the idea that Yosemite can't handle usb audio is simply not true.
Note that neither of these options are meant for high quality professional audio. I hope someone with more expertise on audio in OS X can chime in.

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