How do I maximise sound quality in mixing/mastering?

I am a singer/songwriter with GarageBand as my first computer music interface. How can I start to approach professional sounding tracks? What are the pro's using in the way of hardware with GarageBand?

You seem to be asking two separate questions here.
1) Interfaces
Interfaces start at around $30 and go into the thousands depoending on what you want to do, You need to define your needs first, then your budget
Some example interfaces:
http://www.thehangtime.com/gb/gbfaq2.html#interfaces
2) How do I Mix and Master
You'll need to read some books if you have no idea how to mix and/or Master.
Mixing is making everythnig sound good together, and I have no idea how I could explain that other than to say "you change the levels of each track and add effects as desired, until you get thesound you want.
Mastering is even harder to define, you'll really need to do some research (even online. There is PLENTY of info on the web).
--HangTime [Will Compute for Food] B-)>

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