Inporting from inline mic

Hi. I have a new-to-me G5 iMac with Isight and I use iLife 6 with Garageband 3.
For years, I have used same program on my G4 iMac. I have a Dazzle unit which allows me to change analog signals to digital signals which I then import to Garageband via inline microphone. This has allowed me to digitalize audiorecordings which I made on a tape-recorder. I need to go the system preferences to make sure the sound function knows that I am using the inline mic via audio port and not the built in microphone.
Problem: I am now trying to do the same thing via my G5 iMac and the garageband will not accept or register the incoming signal. When I go to Sound/System preferences, the sound visualizer shows that the signal is coming to the iMac but the Garageband is not picking it up.
When I changed the set up back to my old G4, Garageband works and records the audiosignal.
When I have used the same system to import digital signals via firewire to iMovie, the system works.
Any suggestions on how I get Garageband to recognize the signal from the audioport? Anything I can do to test where the problem is?
Thanks in advance for you suggestions.
Andy

Thanks! I did not need to do this on my old Mac. Thanks for the help. You're awesome!
Andy

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