Audio Input in Garageband

I have a problem choosing audio input for Garageband. I am a real novice and all I am trying to do is dump an audio tape of a song onto Garageband so I can work with it. I am running my Sony TC-D5M field recorder through a M-Audio Fast Track guitar-mic interface, which is connected to my iBook via USB.
When I go to System Preferences and choose Sound Input, I get a choice between my internal mic on my iBook and the USB input. But no matter how I click and choose, I can't get the USB input to register in Garageband. All I get is the internal mic.
Even though I turn the volume all the way down on the internal mic, I still get input from it. And although the input from the USB registers in the Sound Preferences pane,
Is there a way to mute or disable the internal mike?
Is there any other way (apart from Sound Preferences) to choose input in Garage Band? Anybody else have this problem?

Gil,
Check in Audio Midi Setup to make sure the USB interface is configured for 44.1 khz, 16 bit. That is the only configuration supported by GarageBand.
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