Help!!! Input channel for a real instrument track

I am connecting my guitar on my mac using M-audio firewire 410. Running garageband 2 i go to track info to set my input. but, It doesnt display input, volume and monitor option. I know the the device is connected by going to input / sound / system references and it shows activity. PLz i need some help.

Do you mean that when you play, the sound coming out of your computer is slightly delayed? If so, yes that's normal. It's called latency and is result of the time it takes for your computer to process the audio. You can fix it by monitoring from your interface rather than from your computer. I haven't used the M-Audio 410, but it is likely to have an option to listen to a mix of the audio you have already recorded in your song and the audio that you are sending in through it. This would entail connecting your speakers to the interface, not to the line out on your Mac.

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