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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

this is what i would recommend for a beginner - presonus firebox

it comes with cubase LE as well so you will get a decent bit of software slightly scaled back. The presonus stuff has reasonable mic preamps plus phantom power so you will be able to do what you want. That is for a start. then you could buy a desk in the near future if you want to record more than two mics at once.

oh that looks sweet + great quality

the link is kinda broken though, here is the repost: http://presonus.com/firebox.html

i'd ask however, how do you deal with the limited 4 inputs? or is that all he should handle at the moment? wouldn't it be better (he'll get something else down the road) to get something cheesier but with more inputs so he can experiment?

hm... hm...

yeah i think you're right it's best to start simple. (not that you explicitly said that, ha hah).

damn, i might pick one up for myself.