hey guys i just joined this site specifically to ask for help with what everyone thinks i should buy. my friends and i have been playing music for about 5 years or so and have developed our own "band" and would like to buy some type of interphase or mixer to plug in some mics to record our drums bass guitars vocals and keyboard to my pc. I know some about software such as cubase and protools but i have no idea what type of device i should buy to record with. what are the differences between an interface and a mixer board with mic inputs on it? we probably want about 12 or so inputs so we could record at the same time. it would really help me to just hear some recommended interfaces, mixerboards, mics, and so on that could be used to start laying down good tracks. thanks