hi guys. ok here's a good one for you guys regarding mixers. now my experiences have been both with mackie and behringer alongside a few other manufacturers. the two I will mention are as follows Behringer MX 9000 eurodesk. Mackie 24/8 studio both of the above desks are the same to a pedegree and are high quality 24 channel studio and live consoles. well suited for recording 24 channels of audio. the mackie is more expensive though at £2500 ish and the behringer at £750 ish which features the same high quality hardware. if you want full 24 channel recording on your workstation PCs I'd say go behringer. I have the MX9000 and love it. if you want a good soundcard to support this desk I recommend I'd say a te rratec phase 88 card X 3 so you get 24 channels in 3 breakout cards. which of course can be user installed at the front of any base unit which I have done with a few machines and my personal studio. hope all this helps. Personally I find the behringer out of the two is more accessible lew