hey i was face the problem, wen i was recording the live concert by using firepod 8 track, finally i buffer it den i was hear the noise by the audio.is dat the problem came from fire wire or any else.if any one noe bout tis,please reply me, i was record tru the external hard disk.

Using software: CUBASE LE
Laptop: Power Book G4 17 inch.
2 GB RAM
Proseser:1 GHz