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need help making recording upgrade choices

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade the home recordings I do on my computer. I've been doing recordings for years (I'm a poor college student now) by just recording my voice/instruments on a mic straight into the computer. As you can imagine, the quality is not great. Now that I've realized I'm serious about recordings, I need to have a better setup.

Audio cables in newly constructed studio

A contractor is just finishing up a new detached building I'll be using for a studio. It's L-Shaped. The control room (not yet built out) will be approx 10x10 and the adjacent live room will be approx 20x10.

The electricity will be on sub panel, with separate circuits for the lights and outlets. I plan to run a Pro Tools HD setup with a Control 24 interface.

How can I connect My MIDI Keyboard to my Mbox 2 Mini ?

How can I connect My MIDI Keyboard to my Mbox 2 Mini ?

It says in the getting started kit of my Mbox 2 Mini, that I can connect the MIDI Output of my MIDI Keyboard to the Mbox 2 mini. ? How? there seems to be no MIDI Input in the Mbox 2 Mini. Please help me... What cable do I need>?

Which DAW to get?

I first thought i would be able to build my own DAW but I think it would be a little over my head at this moment, so I am thinking about buying a custom built DAW and I am wondering which company makes the best DAW for the money. I have looked at sweetwater's site, ADK's site and endpcnoise site. Some recomendations would be greatly appreciated.