I'd go with something better than Audacity if you're planning on multi-track recording. Maybe look around at Sonar's latest, or Pro-Tools or even Cubase. If that's out of your price range, there are other programs out there but you'll have to search around. The three programs I mentioned are the tits.
For your sound card, it looks like you have an 8 channel mixer, but are you using all 8 channels simultaneously? If not, just find an audio interface that has as many inputs as you need simultaneously. Don't worry about getting an audio interface with XLR connections, as you already have them on your mixer (assumingly), so your interface will just need 1/4 inch TRS inputs, which you can feed to from either the direct outs on your mixer, or your sub-mix outs, or if you're going to be summing everything, your main R/L outs.
Overall, your focus should be on the recording program and the audio interface. Do some searching and come up with a list of items and see if they meet your requirements.
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