1) cheap-o, 200-300 dollar price range.

2) although i realize recording a live drumset or the like nearly impossible with one of these babies, i have a few friends with mixers if i needed to do that. i really just need it for plugging in a guitar or two, track by track usually. im not sure what kindof sound card i have. do i check that in hardware preferences? the problem ive had with SONAR (on my computer, not others) is that it says i have no MIDI outputs when i start up the program, and it doenst allow me to hear MIDI or any kind of sound effects. i was under the impression that an interface deals with that issue (at least it did at my dads house, his said that too until he got the Tascam)

i probably need a new soundcard or something, i just dont know. nobody that knows about computers that i know knows anything about recording, and vice versa.