ive been looking to pick up a audio interface for my computer ive been looking at motu and aardvark (who is out of business apparently), any sugestions...also any preference to PCI, fire wire, usb, etc...?

aardvark is good. my friend uses that. you can pick one up pretty cheap off of ebay.

go with Motu 828mkii. $800 investment, but this is upgradable and you'll get what you pay for. You may even find one on ebay

NEVER EVER EVER EVER get a USB audio interface. They suck balls. Go Firewire.

which computer do you have though, you want to make sure you have compatability with these--

Presonus Firepod, a few hundred bucks cheaper, may also do the trick

but please please, just make sure you get a FIREWIRE INTERFACE

i was looking at this one...but that is much cheaper...i do like the 8 xlr outs though

that would also do--what computer though? speed? storage? make/model?

you'll want to get an external Firewire hard-drive, as well.
But it looks like that MOTU has one built-in???

I've been considering getting a new Mac, but really even though my current 400 mhz G4 is clunky, I'm content with my analog 4-trk. for recording. Because once you start down this 'upgrading' route, you gotta always get new shit--monitors, interfaces, plug-ins, drivers, workstations--

fuck that noise, I ain't opening a studio just yet . . . just trying to bring the metal with me band!

the computer at my house is an IBM 2.6 or 2.8 ghz i believe....two 40G hard drives, 1G RAM but its my dad's so i couldn't take it anywhere....i want a G5 but like you said here comes the downward spiral of getting one thing then needing 3 more

that computer should be able to handle whatever

you should consider this one, because you can record off-site, and mix at home:
http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/traveler/