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In June 2017 Apple updated its 13" MacBook Air with a newer Broadwell Intel Core i5 processor, resulting in slightly increased performance and battery life.

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Spilled water on keyboard, now Logic Pro X won't record?

HI there, the other day I spilled a small amount of water on my MacBook air’s keyboard while recording music using logic. I was able to wipe the water off without any visible damage. In a state of shock I stood there for a second, the laptop was on while this happened and I froze instead of shutting it off immediately. Nothing seemed to happen, I was able to finish the session on logic, which lasted at least another full hour, with no issues from logic or my MacBook. The next day, however, when I went back to record, logic didn’t seem to be recording tracks anymore. My interface seems to be processing my microphones and guitar perfectly fine, I can hear everything I’m putting through my interface through my headphones and studio monitors. The issue is that when I press record on logic, there are no sound waves, just a flat line, nothing is being recorded. I went through and checked all the boxes, usually when this happens its some silly user error, but it’s been days now, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is happening. I tried using GarageBand to see if the same thing happened, and it did. I can only assume this has something to do with the spill from a few days ago, but then again, like I said, I continued to use logic after that from quite some time with no issues, so that’s really throwing me off. I know this is probably a pretty vague and difficult question to answer but please, if you have any input or ideas let me know. I’m losing my mind over this!

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Audio guy here, not a mac guru. Specifically Pro Tools so it’s even more fun and esoteric.

Have you tried opening old sessions and seeing if they record from your source? This could be an issue with how you have your i/o set up. It could also be an issue with the USB(?) port that you’re using, so if there’s one on the opposite side of your laptop then I’d give that a go. Likewise, you could try seeing if MIDI sources record, if you don’t have a keyboard then you could test this with any software instrument and cmmd+k (opens the on-screen keyboard) and seeing if that will record to an audio track or even convert itself to an audio track.

Summarizing the rant:

Check your i/o and make sure that everything is routed correctly

Check your old sessions

Check your cabling to see if it’s the on-board input

Check to see if you can convert MIDI to audio

If all else fails, restore your machine from a backup

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