The Mackie
A good recording start is guaranteed by the EM-89D dynamic microphone and the EM-91C large-diaphragm condenser microphone: you can use them eg. to record a singer and a guitar, various percussion instruments, or piano, or to separate the same signal sources by choosing a different microphone, eg. you could use the large-diaphragm one for lead vocals and the dynamic one for background vocals. So in this combination, most 2-channel recording scenarios are covered while both microphones give you professional recording quality.
Together with the CR3-X studio monitors and MC-100 studio headphones, you get a complete setup for recording, overdubbing, monitoring and mixing music. Thanks to the included software package, which includes a thick plug-in collection with the most important studio effects, you can get started right away.