Hi,

I am about to buy my first interface and have no idea what to get. It must be external. I am leaning on getting a UA-4FX because it has a bunch of effects built into the interface (so I think that means I won't have to deal with the delay I would get from using software effects). However, the UA-4FX only has a pre-amp cosm simulator, which I think wouldn't really compare to the real preamp in the fast track pro (although I have no real basis for this assumption). How do these two interfaces compare? Should I be considering something else as well? I need a midi input...here is my equipment

-Electric Drums (pintech E-Jam with roland TD 3 module)
-keyboard midi controller
-Electric guitar

Laptop
-512mb ram (I will need to upgrade this at some point I assume)
-Amd Turion 64 ML-37

Software I have or wil be getting
-BFD
-cubase
-Halion