Yeah thats not a bad low end card. If I were you I'd try and save/steal a bit more money and get something around a ton fifty, simply because you might want more ins/outs in the future and then you'll have to upgrade. Perhaps one of these http://www.turnkey.co.uk/web/product...ND&context=WEB which comes with a load of bundled software so you can get started right away. You'll need some monitors too, perhaps some http://www.turnkey.co.uk/web/product...4P&context=WEB , there active too so you don't need an amp. You might want a controller keyboard, but you don't need it and you say you're on a budget so maybe not. You got a sequencer?