$250 budget.

[Opie M.]

m-audio makes interfaces in every price range.

BUT... not buying on ebay is a plain mistake. the interfaces are rediculously inexpensive on there. New in the Box. Why pay $500 for an 1814 when you can easily pay less than half that? Or why have an entry level interface when you can easily have a NICE interface for about the same price? And the biggest mistake is... why buy something new for $200 and have to sell it for half that when you get sick of it when you can buy a better piece of gear for the same price that you will be able to resell it for later?

[Chris Black]

Thanks Opey & Keeb. I think I'll fuck with ebay then. I could get something decent for $300. I might wait a month and hope a radio shack joint can get me through the first round of the tourney here(if I decide to participate).

[Opie M.]

mic placement and acoustics is way more important than equipment.