mjbphotos,
Not sure that I would agree with your blanket quote
And then sell one of the Behrs (or both) and get an audio interface. Mixers are for mixing (primarily live sound). Audio interfaces are for recording.
Mixers are for capturing the output of one or more devices (microphone, DI, etc) and then (depending upon the mixer size, recorder inputs, etc) possibly blending (mixing) these together and then sending the output to another device (DAW,PA Amps, actual tape recorder etc).
For example in my case I have a 96 chnl
mixer (fully automated, digital) with the outputs going to two frame accurately synced 24-track digital recorders. I can also output the
mixer to a DAW if I stupidly (!!!!!) choose.
Sure, I agree that for the majority of participants on this forum, where only (say) one thing is recorder at a time, then a
good quality audio interface is probably the way to go and I would suggest that this have USB outputs.
I am not sure that I would be using Audacity as my main DAW as it can be a bit "flakey" at times and is a bit limited in its features. I would possibly suggest something like one of the "give away" versions of something like Cubase as a first DAW and then as knowledge is gained progress to something more serious.
David