for a good and simple home studio

[daci]

hello...
i'm gonna buy after tomorow ''Heath ZED mixer USB sound card'' and "M-Audio 1010LT" and "Tascam US122 " i really have no idea about this stuff cuz i'm new at it but a friend of me told me to buy this stuff for home studio recording,well i need just to ask if the Tascam US122 a good preamp or no,and the heath zed mixer usb sound card is it a good mixer or no just all,and let me get this right my friend told me that you connect the mic thru the preamp then from the preamp to the Mixer then to the pc i hope i'm right on that and it's not can anybody tell me what kind of cables i need to connect all this stuff thru the pc and what microphone should i buy.

[String7th]

The tascam and M-audio are both analog to digital interfaces, you don't need both. And since you admit to being brand new to this world, the Alan & Heath mixer is advanced and more expensive for your level.

Get the Tascam, an XLR to XLR mic cable, a few really cheap microphones, and start messing around with Cubase and the free software it comes with. Get familiar with DAW recording (digital audio workstation).

[jagcmos]

The 1010lt is a pci based interface and the others are usb. The devices cannot be ran simutaneously for recording and would not help you add tracks.
Takes String7th's great advice and start simple.

[garww]

I got a used us122(old model) with a Cubase se, phones, and mic for around $108 on eBay.