Yamaha CVP-98 & Garageband...HELP!!

OK, Here's the deal...
I'm trying to connect a Yamaha Clavinova CVP-98 through Audiotrak's XP MIDI Mate to my Intel Mac Mini so that I can record in Garageband.
When I connect the MIDI Mate, Garageband recognizes it and says that "A Change in the number of MIDI Inputs" has occurred. That sounded great to me until I tried to press record on a "software track" for a grand piano. Garageband never recorded anything, and I don't know if the piano is really getting through to the computer. I've worked with various settings for about 5 hours to no sucess, and I decided that if everyone here couldn't find a solution, then it probably didn't exist.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I've tried plugging the in to the out on the Clavinova and vice versa as some had originally instructed but to no success.
Any help would be appreciated....
Intel Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Intel Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I posted this in the wrong forum..I meant to post in Garageband 08.... sorry guys..

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