mr. bilistic

Please Help

ok, here's the deal. I have had a home studio for awhile now, and I am finally able to open a real studio, I want to get all new equipment and have a real proffessional set up. I would really appreciate some opinions on everything that I should get and am gonna need. I want to be able to record any & every genre of music, so live bands, hip hop, acoustic, whatever. I was leaning towards a pro tools set up, but really I just need some help on everything I am going to need. I have a budget of around $15,000, maybe a little more, maybe a little less. But any help would truly be appreciated. I need to narrow the field down, and know what I'm gonna need, I don't want to buy equipment that I'm gonna need, or by more then one thing that do the same thing, etc. So please help. THank you

Oh, and when u list the equipment if you could also list a site I can find em at to read on and get the price, etc. thanks

Software?

is there any recording programs for a mac that u do not need hardware for? cause i have pro tools software but no hard ware so I can't even open it. basically what I"m doing is recording in to my yamaha aw16g, but I want to be able to edit and mix on my powermac g4 because the yamaha only has 16 tracks, and I need a lot more then that on some songs, so if I could record in the yamaha then put the tracks into a multi track software on my computer and edit and mix there it would make things a lot easier for me. Is there a way to hook the yamaha up to the mac? if so how and what do I need?

What Do I Need?

I have a yamaha aw16 g, and I have a power mac g4. What do I need to be able to hook the yamaha up to the mac, so I can edit and mix on the computer, that way I can have more then just the 16 tracks that is on the yamaha?