RECORDING MULTIPLE AUDIO TRACKS AT ONCE

Hello. Looking for some help. I am using LOGIC PRO and a Presonus Project Studio 8 input AD converter. I have 6 drum mics up and Presonus is recognizing them. I have created 6 audio tracks in Logic and named them appropriately. I go to record them and all I get is the kick drum...no other mics are recording on their own tracks....
Can someone help guide me?

Three ways of doing this:
In your mixer slide over the tracks with your mouse - they all turn white/grey - hit record on one of the tracks - all tracks will get armed with the red flashing R button.
or
Hold the shift key and select the tracks in your Arrange - arm one of them - all tracks go into record mode.
or
group the tracks together in a group via the grouping slot above the channel fader, in the group options menue select record enable - arm one of the tracks - all tracks go into record mode.

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