okay i havea mac powerbook g4 and i want to use it to record my band, i need lots of help i know the basics about recording i have Cubase on my laptop and thats it, my problem is that i dont exactly know what i need to get in order to record live instruments and so on, for example i have a mic and i put it up to my amp but the sound i want out of my amp is the volume sensitive distortion tone which my amp can get when set to the right volume so i set my amp to the right volume, plug my mic into my laptop and very soon find out its too loud so i think about it for a bit and then have the idea to use my Behringer pmx 2000 to lower the volume between the mic and my laptop so i use it and it works very well but the mixer produces a very audible buzz in the recording, so my question is can somebody please help me becuase i was going to record drums with the mixer but now that its not working i have no idea what i need to get for my rig to work or anything, if anyone could help i would very very much appriciate it. thank you