soundflower issues

hi i'm configuring my mac book pro (2.4ghz intel core duo w/2gb ram / 2007 model running os x 10.4.11) to do a live audio/video performance with max/jitter 5.05 handling video and ableton live 7.0.10 doing audio processing. originally i had built a vst chain in max to handle audio, but i need a more sophisticated audio chain and thought i'd just use live to do it. however, when i try to use soundflower to route the audio i can't get max to hear the live audio stream. i have live set up to input audio from my m-audio fw410 and output to soundflower 2 ch. i have max set up to receive soundflower 2ch. dsp setting are set to: driver = core audio fw410 / input device = soundflower 2ch / both input source and output destination have no options, and playthrough input is showing "unsupported." i've read a few threads on the list that all lead me to believe that this is a simple, straightforward setup, but i get nothing. i uninstalled and reinstalled soundflower, downloading the latest version off the c74 site. i did my testing with a totally stripped down live setup and using the adc~ help file in max 5. if i set max to listen to the fw410 i get my input fine, showing on the adc helpfile meters - switching to soundflower 2ch with live playing an audio file and showing audio on its own meters i get nothing. i tried various combinations of driver options in max: core audio soundflower, core audio fw 410, etc. nothing. i'm stumped, any advice? thanks bruce