Background noise with electric guitar

Hi, I'm playing my les paul into a cheap (like $100) m-audio fast track interface, and picking up the signal with the usb on my macbook pro. I am using the audio port to send the signal to my line 6 amp.
I am quite sure i have set all the necessary settings correctly in the sound part of system preferences but i still seem to be getting background noise when i play. If i turn on the noise gate it takes away the background noise on dead time but if i play anything clean and turn it up i'm getting a buzz or something in the background.
How do i get rid of this, do i need a better interface,or a studio to actually record in or what. should i use an expensive mic instead and put it next to my amp? im just lost. i want the best sound and dont know how to get it....please help

There is confusion here the interface says m-audio fast track on it. I got it from a friend that is all I have used besides garageband and my guitar. My cable is a monster and should be fine in my opinion.
I started garageband and opend an electric guitar track. with the clean combo.
My input was set to mono input 2 , input one gives me no sound and more background noise.
After that I still got background noise, its like a fuzz, i read alot of ppl talking about a ticking sound but its definetly not that. its just staticy
ill try the headphones though...any other tips?
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