Logic, Mbox, G4 Laptop = Total Chaos! Help!, Please give a few words of wisdom! Options

[PrettyHateMachin...]

Hey everybody. I hope one of you can help me out... I am new to the art of digital recording, and of course, I am extremely confused. I recently purchased a G4 Laptop, Logic Platinum 5 Sequencer, and a Pro Tools Mbox. I figured the Mbox would work prefectly with the laptop, because of its portability and USB support etc. I have a RODE condensor Mic running through the Mbox (with phantom power) which I record from. Recording seems to work fine in Pro Tools LE, yet Logic gives me many problems. I have installed all the latest updates for the both Logic and ProTools. Logic (using Direct I/O driver) will not give me any sound levels and will only record at extremely low volume no matter what the gain in the MBox is set to. Is the Mbox just not compatible with Logic? Are there any alternatives that I have to record to my laptop other than using my Mbox? Please help me understand how to get a nice, clear, clean recording with my Mic into my laptop with Logic! If I have to scrap the Mbox, let me know! What other hardware could I use? PLEASE HELP! =)

-Seth

[PrettyHateMachin...]

Thanks for your help! I will try importing/exporting OMF files. I actually did get the Mbox to record very well with Logic by using the Propagamma ASIO driver. I like using Logic because of the ease with which it handles all my audio plug-ins. (It also has a beautiful interface) Otherwise I would use PTLE =)

Thanks again