No levels in voiceover tool

I hooked up a Tascam mixer (with a microphone attached) to my Imac using the USB port. When I open the voice-over tool in FCP 3, the mixer is listed in the source dropdown list - but no sound appears to be coming through to the level. In system preferences the mixer also appears, and the levels indicate there is indeed audio coming through.
Imac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Sorry I'm new to this so not familiar with the terms.
I tried fiddling with all the sliders and knobs and nothing made a difference.
The mic is connected to the mixer with an XLR plug into "Mic input A". I put the "line out" pot at its maximum, as well as the master slider, nothing. (Here is what the mixer looks like, maybe I'm using the wrong terms)
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The mixer is connected to my iMac with a USB cable, there is a USB port on the side of the mixer where the plu goes into.

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