Recording issues/questions with GB 8 and M-Audio Fast Track Pro

Hello. I'm sure this topic has been covered and I think I must be missing something painfully obvious here. Okay. I want to record vocals onto a GB track using M-Audio's Fast Track Pro. I want to be able to hear myself through headphones while I'm recording vocals.
1. I've installed the drivers.
2. The M-Audio Icon appears in the System Preferences folder (other).
3. When I go to GB, I go the GB Preferences and select Fast Track Pro as the Input.
<here's where I'm lost>
4. I plug an XLR microphone into the front XLR connection and I have to turn gain all the way up on the Fast Track Pro to even get a signal. When I do get a signal, it only registers on one channel.
*I do understand that a microphone is a mono instrument, does GB automatically create stereo channels on a new track? If so, do I need to make it mono? and how do I do that?
5. How do I route the audio to my headphones (plugged into the MAC) to monitor my recordings?
I guess I'm confused with the system preferences vs. the preferences found in GB.
Thank you for any assistance with this!

When I do get a signal, it only registers on one channel.
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#leftspeakeronly
How do I route the audio to my headphones (plugged into the MAC) to monitor my recordings?
Choose Built In for output in GB's prefs.
I guess I'm confused with the system preferences vs. the preferences found in GB.
leave the system prefs alone, just change GB's.

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