Recording Voice over a track

I was wondering if I could use the interanl mic to record my voice over a instrumental track located on my computer using garage band? Is this a feature on the updated garage band (ie GarageBand 2 Garage Band 3) Any info would be helpful..

sorry if this is a highjack of the topic but I thought it was relavent......
I have 2 files, one is pre-recorded vocals and the other is an instrumental beat. I am trying to import both files into GB and play them simultaneously. So far I was able to drag both files into GB. They end up being two line on top of one another. The problem is when I press play GB plays the instrumental fine, but at the same time it crosses the vocals is speed them up and sound like a chimpunk. If I delete the instrumental track the vocals play just as they were recorded, no chimpunk effect. How can I fix this so that I both files will play simultaneously and sound like a real track; vocal and instruments?

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