Cave Dweller,
I still have my old biamp 16 ch. board. Back in the day, they were very good, durable and versatile enough for live performance, yet clean enough for recording.
I still use it for rehearsal AND live gigging. It's a dinosaur compared to all of those neat little Mackies, etc...but you can buy a 12 or 16 ch. version for under $250 these days.
Hard to beat a value like that.
I don't know what their current product line has to offer, but the old stuff still works just fine.