if you're gonna be using cubase 4 and firewire I'd have recomended the Yamaha N12, ben using one for about 6 months now and totaly love the results. Shoots the boots off the mackie pre's
Congrats Corndog! Have fun and I look forward to hearing some great music made possible by the help of the new toy! (Or should I say the new "beast" that makes the old one look like a toy!).