Cassette tapes to garageband

i need guidance for bringing in tunes from cassette tapes to garageband. i currently have my tape deck connected to my g5 powermac via the phones port on the tape deck to the audio input port on the back of my computer. i turned on garageband and the tape player but there is no audio coming into garageband. i even tried the same procedure with amadeus pro with no success. would love to know what i'm doing wrong. thank you.

Here is what is working for me on my IMAC OS X Leopard 10.5: I use an ADS RDX 150 Instant Music device to "translate". I use RCA cords directly from a component tape deck - NO amp - to the RDX, and USB from the RDX to my keybrd. I prefer monitor ON and plug hdphones into the computer at the back. I have occasionally had feedback when Time Capsule starts up-dating - I just turn it off until I'm finished. Good luck.

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