Recording audio through firewire in GarageBand, possible?

If I hook up my XLR mic to my Sony PD150, then hook the camera to my MacBook Pro through firewire, I can record in Quicktime fine. However when I try the same thing in Garageband it doesn't work (in Preferences, the only 2 options are "in-built mic" and "in-built line in"; in Quicktime I get a "DV Audio" option which is my firewire input).
Does Garageband just not support Firewire audio at all, or is it just my particular setup that is confusing it?
Using Garageband 3
any help greatly appreciated

WO HOO I answered my own question.
I found this little gem of a tutorial:
http://homepage.mac.com/beryrinaldo/gbsf/
...which outlines how to route DV audio into garageband using soundflower. Worked like a charm!

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