Can't hear playback in GarageBand

I'm a newbie. Trying to record spoken voice. Using Griffin Tech's iMic USB Audio Interface to input a Radio Shack dynamic mic with impedence of 5000. Signal is getting into computer, because meters jump and graphics show it. Also, I am having no problem recording and playing back using Audacity, and hearing it through the computer's internal speaker just fine. But when I then try the same thing in GarageBand (having changed nothing in the computer's settings), I don't hear anything when I play it back. Any suggestions?

berkleyrob wrote:
I start Logic Pro 8 and then plug in Lexicon Lambda for a USB interface between guitar and macbook pro. With the Lambda plugged in I hear nothing from mac or headphone input on Lambda.
Unplug your audio interface, reboot the Mac, plug the USB interface in, let it be recognized. Open Audio/MIDI Setup (in utilities) see if the Lambda shows up as an input and output device.
Yes/No?
If yes, you don't have to select if for any of the Input/Outputs, Logic's audio interface selection operates independently from the system.
Open Logic go to "Preferences/Audio) select the Lexicon or Lambda interface as the default unit, set audio buffers to 256.
Anything yet.
All audio I/O will be coming from the lexicon the Mac's audio system is now out of the equation.
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