Audio - device - no audio - inputs?

Hi all,
I'll try to make it brief (if I can)
On my imac I opened imovie, started a new event recording with built in camera. Bla Bla Bla... play some guitar... 18 minutes later stop. Play it back, no audio. Microphone works fine in skype, ichat, and i see the level bars in voiceover. in the other programs I can choose my soundcard for recording and playback and I have it set to presonis firewire. But I cannot do this in imovie. yet it should record with the macs microphone.
1. Why didn't it?
2. Can I set audio preferences for Imovie?
3. Was there a conflict?
4. Can I use an external microphone while recording with the built in camera?
5. Is there an easy way to test all this?
I use Garage Band And Logic Studio also but I just want to make a simple movie without plugging in a digital camera or UN-plugging my firewire interface.
Thanks!
Kelly

Just click the icon on each track that stops it acting as a live input. It looks like a sound wave. Only have them clicked orange when using the track to record! I don't know if that will solve your problem!

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