Final Cut, MOTU Ultralite and voiceover tool

I've got an Ultralite firewire unit that works perfectly fine with Ableton and the system in general. I've got my System audio set to the Ultralite and it works fine. (I get great microphone levels in the system audio preferences.) However, its dead in FCP. I've got the source and inputs in the voiceover tool set properly -- it even works when I try the built in mic on the laptop, but goes dead when I switch to the MOTU. Last detail... audio playback thru the MOTU is fine; its just recording is dead.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Alright I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe that FCP uses what is set in Audio MIDI Setup.
To check go to Applications > Utilities > Audio Midi Setup
There you will see the Default Input settings. Make sure that the Ultralite is set there, and also Audio Input in the bottom left
Then open FCP and check

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