Logic pro 9, recording only six audio channels at once

Hello,
I want to record a life gig at club and need to record 10 audio channels parallel. But whenever I try to activate more then 6 channels for recording, other channels are switched off for recording. The interface Presonus Fp10 is ok. I can't find any help in the user guides. Any idea?

If you have a 10 input audio interface check you did assign a different input to each audio channel.

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