Recording sound on Macbook Pro

HI,
I am a Dj who has recently bought a Macbook Pro. I have setup my dj software and find it excellent but i'm struggling to find a way to record my sets on the Macbook. I have 2 USB ports but use them both when dj'ing and it also has the Thunderbolt and Firewire ports which i'm unsure about. Can I use either Thunderbolt and Firewire ports to record onto Garageband directly from an RCA output?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Message was edited by: djgazza79
Message was edited by: djgazza79

Some FireWire audio equipment:
http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.family&ID=Fwinterfaces
http://www.sweetwater.com/c683--Mackie--FireWireAudioInterfaces
http://www.sweetwater.com/c683--FireWireAudioInterfaces
http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/828mk3
http://www.presonus.com/products/Detail.aspx?ProductId=7
... there's hundreds (thousands?) of FireWire audio kits out there. I don't know of any ThunderBolt ones, though.

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