am looking for a simple setup for a friend who writes and does some hobby stuff. he has no equipment at all and needs to be able to get 8 tracks simultaneously. he needs monitors, a DAW or pc based recording system, some dynamics and a cheap condensor...just the basics and he has 5 grand to do it. I would help him more, but am in the middle of building a studio and a couple of projects. i just found this forum today and I like it. I will definitely be back to register, but am under the gun on this build for the next couple of days. thanks in advance for the help.

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