what audio interface/daw to get for the mpc 500

the last few years ive recorded my beats on the mpc, but now i want to get a audiointerface so i can record them onto my computer and mess around with the track mute while its recording, i dont know much about sound cards or what softwares to use at all so if you anyone has any reccommendations on good interfaces and softwares for recording please share

for starting i suggest you reaper ! it's worth the money ! a little hard to understand but for just recording it's good !
for the soundcard if i got to take one nowadays i will take a roland quad capture or a focusrite saffire !

Paddington, I appreciate this might be a new area for you dude but nobody can tell you what to get. Even recommendations are a little bit pointless.

The reason we chose the software/hardware we did was because we researched ourselves and made an informed decision.

I can give you some basic advice though which should hopefully help.

Regarding software, there's loads of DAWs these days and most companies offer a free trial. I suggest you do that after you've had a little read up on each of them. There are certain things that some offer that are quite specialised. Ableton for example has two ways of working, a more traditional view and another which is a more graphic version of how an MPC works in essence. You create "clips" (loops) and build them up into "scenes" (sequences). So with that workflow you might find it helpful to try Ableton. But if it's only multi-tracking you need they're all more or less the same.

Regarding your audio interface, remember you can get USB and Firewire, there's no real advantage of using either IMO, unless you're using a laptop and have limited connectivity. I chose Firewire for this reason, to keep my USB ports free.

Another thing to look at is the amount, and types of connections on your interface. I've only ever had to buy two because I future-proofed myself by thinking ahead. It goes something like this... Ok so right now I have one synth and my MPC, but in the future I'd like a microphone, a compressor and some spare connections just in case, therefore I want something X amount of connections. Logic!

Hopefully, given the January sales you should be able to cop a serious bargain! Good luck.