Recording to two audio tracks at same time

Question

I am having trouble recording a vocal on track one and a guitar, (via second microphone)
onto track two. I am going through an Apogee, and I have phantom power enabled on both
mics. However when I click the record button on one track it seems not possible to click
the record button on the other track. I have input monitoring button selected on both tracks
and the main record button selected.
Any suggestions at all will be most welcome. I have looked in previous forums and read and
tried various options, but no luck at all so far.
Thanks very much

Answer 1

Hello to Data Stream Studio and howdy cowbell bill. Thanks you both for your replies
and it sounds like you are both in agreement as to what the problem is.
Keeping in mind what you suggested,
I went back onto Logic this morning, but I'm still having the same problem of not being able
to record enable two audio tracks simultaneously. I have checked both mics and both mic
cables, and the breakout cable that leads into the Apogee pre-amp. Those things are all OK.
I've now tried to back-track and to trouble-shoot what little I know. This is what I've done :
1: Shut down and re-opened Logic
2: Opened a new project.
3: Shut off the phantom power for both mics
4: Disconnected both mics and cables
5: Opened a new audio track (track one)
6: Assigned mic 1 to audio track one.
7: Assigned mic 2 to audio track two.
8: Re-connected cables
9: Turned the phantom power back on for both mics.
10: Enabled the input enable/monitor button for both tracks (in the track header)
11: Turned on the main record button in the transport bar.
12: Tried to turn on the record button for both tracks. (in the track header)
11: I can only turn on one at a time. As soon as I click one the other
one turns off.
I have the mixer turned on and can see that both tracks are in Mono.
I am wondering if the way I have the Apogee set up might be the problem?
I have the original Apogee Duet. Phantome power is displayed with two red LEDs
which show up on the front to the unit. Both are illuminated when phantom power is
powered on. I have the volume turned up fully for both mics (via. the Apogee control
panel that shows up on my computer screen). HOWEVER, when clicking the controller
knob on the top of the Apogee unit itself I don't seem to be able to see the two mics
being shown up on the computer screen at the same time. (I hope this makes sense).
I seem to remember a display that shows mic one icon, a display that shows mic 2 icon,
a display that shows the headphone/speaker icons, and a display that shows both
mic one icon and mic two icon.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give me on.
I am sorry this post is so long but I wanted to try to explain
the problem as clearly and as unambiguously as I am able.