Alesis 12 Track USB Mixer

Hello everyone, I was before using a USB headset mic to record stuff on my iMac, using it for Skype so I could do shows on talkshoe and also record stuff on garage band.
I recently bought tho, an Alesis 12 Track USB Mixer board, plus a MXL mic.
Problem is none of the audio is actually going into the iMac, like Skype, nor more importantly, Garage Band.
AS per instructions, I changed the audio drivers to the USB AUDIO CODEC like it says on both the Audio in & Audio out and still to no avail...
I feel like I am missing another connection of some sort that would from my mac to the board...
Any help would be VERY much appreciated.

gozo41 wrote:
i get the message: Can't enable track for recording; Track is in use.
Any suggestions?
as iSteveus said, you'll only be able to record 2 tracks at most. skim this tute for the solution to your error:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#bsqrecordmultipletracks
and this one for a little more on recording 2 tracks:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#bsqrecordmultipletracks

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i get the message: Can't enable track for recording; Track is in use.
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Robwoj08 wrote:
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