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Looking for a setup under 1000$

So basically me and my friends decided to set up a little recording studio in our rooms. Our budget is about 1000$ Our primary use will be rapping / Singing, No instruments. What would you guys suggest us purchasing excluding the PC, and mixing / recording program.

If any more questions are needed, feel free to ask! thanks guys!

Behringer Xenyx 502 Mixer Hiss..

hi. ive been recording vocals for years simply plugging in my microphone to the back of my sound cards input. crude perhaps but it has worked mostly fine. I'm somewhat aware that having a mixer/preamp is supposed to enhance your signal or clear it up somewhat (i think, right?) so recently i picked up one of these xenyx 502s. it hisses. it sucks.

Analog vs. Digital?

First off i'm not a pro, but i love to read about sound and inform myself by various information i can get. I really love the world of sound engineering, but i have some question since i need to know others opinion or other knowledge. I write this to know what you guys THINK about it and also to know if there is a way if i'm on the wrong path to hear it.

Seems Like Such a Simple Problem

But it's wracking my brain...
I'm music conducting a musical called Next To Normal (great score, by the way) and I have a violin part that calls for doubling on a synthesizer. I found all the patches that the score calls for on a Roland Fantom XR. I've got the rack mounted equipment set up to be triggered by a M-Audio Ozone keyboard. Very simple.

Closing programs in Windows 7

When you close a programs in Win 7 is it totally closed or is it still occupying the OS or cache, like Firefox or a mail app? I ask this because I notice the first time I open a program it takes a while to load but once a program is opened, even though you close it, it loads up really fast the next time like its sitting in the background or cache.

Audio Latency/Studio Setup BIG PROBLEMS

I'm running an Audiobox 1818vsl 8 channel mixer through Cubase 5, I have a Head Amp Pro 6 channel headphone amp, a MXL 3000 microphone, and M-Audio Studio Pro 8 speakers. My speakers are connected by connecting an audio cable from the main speaker (right), to the other speaker(left). I have to use the Audiobox as the driver in Cubase in order for me to record through it.