Buying recording equipment

[Corwin]

I've wanted for a long time to get some recording interface, and now that I have a good opportunity to get one, I encountered some questions.

First off, my budget is not the highest, but I think its enough to get some good stuff.
My friend is now in the US, and since it's much cheaper over there, I have about 300$ to spend on one.

I have some basic needs - I just want to record my guitar with a decent sound to it, some vocals and keyboards.
I only know a little about the PreSonus firebox, and i've heard its nice.
Any other offers you guys think I should consider ? and why ?

BTW, a 300$ recording interface is about 550-600$ here.

I will be replacing my guitar soon too, and my amp.
So it's a start

Thanks!

 

[the-emerson]

I would look into a line 6 toneport or pod studio series, its very handy on a budget with plenty of room to upgrade with their expansion packs, I use one and get all my tones from that and it sounds like this
SoundClick artist: Silhouettes - page with MP3 music downloads

 

[the-emerson]

also should be relatively cheap so you will be able to buy the expansions of pod farm or have money towards more plugins or that new guitar