The Great Home Studio Rebuild

What you see in the picture, taken at Netroots Nation 2013, is what I am currently using to host my podcasts/radio show and record my voice overs. The rig is made up of an iPad, iRig Mic and that's it. It's decent, but it's limited to what it is capable of doing and what I need to be doing. I cannot do audio-posting or be more interactive with guests on my show if they are not in the same room with me. .

The rest of the gear is required for me to continue developing my Voice Over career, live radio, audio post-production, and podcasting

I am now set up with 5 microphones, cables, and a loaner mixer that can only record to a single channel, which is fine if everyone is speaking, but if I am recording voice and instruments, then I have a problem with mixing it - I can't, as all the sound went to a single track.

I am still in need of a MacBook Pro, as I am finding this Linux netbook to be too difficult to do any mixing and editing on for a number of reasons. The  primary being the screen is far to small. The second is the lack of professional grade audio software that doesn't require compilation (building it myself), and even then, I don't 'consider it "pro"  

NOTE: The change in the needed amount reflects the change in pricing of the MacBook Pro, and a change in equipment needed.

Kelly