Recommend midi/audio interface

I am just getting back into home recording and have the following setup:
Mackie 1604VLZpro mixer
Akai S5000
Various keyboards
Effects.
Guitars
Vocal mic
I want to purchase a suitable midi/audio interface to work with my G5 DP1.8 / OSX 10.3.9. I am thinking of buying Logic express or pro, haven’t decided yet.
Can anyone recommend a suitable interface that would work well with my setup.
Could the audio, guitars and vocals, be routed back through my mixer independently once recorded into logic?
Cheers
Rob

Check on the Alesis io14 or io26 -- I read all the forums and this one is coming up as the best, especially at the price. Also recommended by my pro audio guru friend (not a salesperson). I bought it and it worked immediately with my MacBook Pro.....for both audio and MIDI. It's in your price range, and believe me the io26, in particular, is a lot of high-end audio for the money. It's light, compact, but most of all it has some of the best components and construction you can buy.
The following link is to a Harmony Central pro review of the io26. Review is located at http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1562285
It's a long thread, dating back to its introduction in March, 07, and there is some discussion of early problems with certain computers and sequencing software. If you read through the entire thread you'll see they were resolved and that the reviews are very, very positive---especially the pro audio review by the Harmony Central reviewer.

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I've got a first gen macbook (the black one). I've got a USB external harddrive (about an extra 100 GB).
I have Logic Studio installed and i'm going to be doing some recording of my band in January.
I'm going to be buying an audio interface/mixer with a budget of between £300 - £400 UK pounds.
I will be requiring it to be a firewire connection that can stream the channels simultaneously (for recording drums tracks etc).
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Ad2706 wrote:
Hi All
I've got a first gen macbook (the black one). I've got a USB external harddrive (about an extra 100 GB).
I have Logic Studio installed and i'm going to be doing some recording of my band in January.
I'm going to be buying an audio interface/mixer with a budget of between £300 - £400 UK pounds.
I will be requiring it to be a firewire connection that can stream the channels simultaneously (for recording drums tracks etc).
Recording the drums i know is the important part when it comes to channels etc so i think 8 or 10 will be absolutely fine.
Can anyone recommend an audio interface/mixer that they think is good, will work fine with my macbook and logic pro and achieve good quality home studio audio.
I've checked out M audios NRV-10 but dont think it has QUITE enough channels for drums etc
Is this Alesis Multimix 16 Firewire Mixer + Audio Interface any better?
Any other suggestions
Thanks in advance
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www.myspace.com/elementsound
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You already have the solution on the back of your mind,
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