Looking for a mixer

I am looking for a quality but cheap mixer to hook up my digital piano via MIDI to my iMac. It would also be nice if the mixer had some mic inputs in it. I would appreciate any suggestions.

You're confusing terms here.
You seem to be looking for two different things. A Mixer (for Mics), and a MIDI interface (for your keyboard).
1. 5 input, single Mic Mixer
2. MIDI Interface

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