I can only say what I did .. which is prolly far more than you want/need.

I got the CardDeluxe sound card from Digital Audio Labs:

http://www.digitalaudio.com/

http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/index.htm

http://www.zzounds.com/love.music?p=b.DAL&z=1036993574888

The baby-of-the-line Mackie mixer:

http://www.mackie.com/Products/VLZ_PRO_Series/1202VLZPRO.asp

http://www.mackie.com/Products/VLZ_PRO_Series.asp

http://www.zzounds.com/love.music?p=p.MAC1202VLZPRO&z=1036996262994

and studio monitors from Event:

http://www.event1.com/product/monitors.htm

Add a mic & mic stand, some software, and you have yourself a Digital Audio Workstation that would've cost 10 times that much only a few years ago.

I've had this set-up for about 3 years now, and couldn't be happier. Seems that digital audio technology does not obsolete itself nearly as quickly as other digital components, such as CPUs and hard drives.