Scarlett interfaces get good reviews. The PreSonus interfaces ship with Studio One Artist, which is what I've been using, although I upgraded to the full version. The major limitation of Artist is that it won't accept third-party plug-ins, but it ships with a pretty complete complement of them.
I had a PreSonus Audiobox USB96, but replaced it with a Behringer UMC404HD, because I wanted four inputs. I think you'll find the general consensus is that the preamps on the current crop of audio interfaces are pretty good, so you probably don't need external preamps.
In terms of a DAW, in addition to Pro Tools and Studio One, I'd suggest you take a look at Reaper (reaper.fm). You can download it for free to try it. It's only $60 to license it and get rid of the nag screen.
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