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Portable interface advice. Usb vs Firewire reliability, repair-ability

Portable interface advice.

Hello,

I have a studio rig I'm fairly happy with, but I want to be able to record me and my guitar while I'm away from home, on my XP based laptop.

Question one:

Any recommendations based on the following criteria?

-<$400

Setting up shop

I had a 6 channel mixer and a MXL 990 mic for less than a week and it got stolen before I could even mess with it. I rap (the kind that actually requires talent instead of autotune even lol) and I'm running Acid Pro 4 on an XP and basically I need to know what I should be getting as far as equipment goes. I'm on a budget and my price range is probably a couple hundred MAX.

PreSonus Dual Path Help

I'm trying to hook up my PreSonus Dual Path Bluetube to my laptop for recording, however there is no USB or firewire. There are some quarter inch jacks and some XLR male inputs, but I need those for the microphones. Does anyone know How I can hook this up to my laptop in the cheapest way? This is all the input and outputs it has available.

Linking one amp to another for more channels.

I have a Yamaha MG24/14FX mixer and I want to link my Peavey MP 4 powered mixer to it so that I can have 4 extra channels. I still need to make sure I can control my monitors though and I need all of the sound from both boards to come from the same speakers that they would have originally. I am using a Yamaha p1600 power amp.