Silence on Playback..?

Hello all. I am new so please be kind...I have a mac book pro. I have no problem with my sound unless I use garageband. When playing back a previously recorded *.bnd project there is no problem - unless I stop. Then garage band won't play again if I hit play. Other programs that use sound work!!!
I've tried adjusting all the settings but can't find the right key. Help please?
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JR

Hi gang - Please help -
I am used an external mic, thru an adaptor into the USB port. When I plug it in and the computer recognizes it, I do not hear playback. It records (got levels)and the 'sound script' is there, but nothing - not thru headphones or the mac's speakers. Once I unplug the mic, the sound returns. Any help?

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Hey All!
Everything was going fine as I was laying and my tracks until I took a TV break, when I got back, there was no sound! The volume indicator on the individual tracks themselves are showing that there's data being read (when playing back) but the MAIN volume indicator at the track editor isn't moving. I checked that all tracks are not solo-ed or muted, and besides I can hear my keyboard when I play it, just not the playback.
HOW? ): HELP!
PS: I transfered the individual tracks to a new project and there was sound. Hope that helps?

I've got a similar problem.
One track is a female voice for a podcast.
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I record over the female voice track for each week's episode. There are no problems during the recording.
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I had this problem once before. I thought it was because I had too many separations in the voice track where I had deleted coughs, umms, etc. Joining the separations together eliminated the problem.
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I tried cutting part of the track out and pasting it into a new track. That didn't work.
I did a Save As and I restarted Garage Band.
That didn't work.
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Thanks for the reply well it seems like this problem is specific to the project i am working on. Going to try freeze and see if that helps.
is having 70 channels a lot? Maybe because of that?
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By huge latency on PB i meant:
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