Newbie PC recording questions

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I want to be able to record my guitar into my PC. I have the following
equipment:

Guitar/amp
PC with RME HDSP9632 soundcard (standard dongle, not XLR)
AKG C3000B cond mic
Recording software(soundforge etc)

I've recording my POD on my PC before, plugging straight into the line input
on the PC but I've not recorded my guitar with a mic. What other hardware do
I need if any to do it? I'm guessing I can't just plug the mic straight into
the soundcard if I had the XLR dongle, and the mic needs phantom power.
Therefore do I need an external mixer?

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A mixer is definitely one solution. Mackie mixers offer great quality for
low prices (the 1202 is all you would need). There is also a relatively
new product from ART that you can use called the MicroMix. You can plug
the mic into the MicroMix and then plug the MicroMix into the sound card.
Check it out:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MicroMix/

Also, your mic should provide its own phantom power with a battery, if I
remember correctly.

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On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:01:14 +0100, "mark" <mark@localhost.com> wrote:

>I want to be able to record my guitar into my PC. I have the following
>equipment:
>
>Guitar/amp
>PC with RME HDSP9632 soundcard (standard dongle, not XLR)
>AKG C3000B cond mic
>Recording software(soundforge etc)
>
>I've recording my POD on my PC before, plugging straight into the line input
>on the PC but I've not recorded my guitar with a mic. What other hardware do
>I need if any to do it? I'm guessing I can't just plug the mic straight into
>the soundcard if I had the XLR dongle, and the mic needs phantom power.
>Therefore do I need an external mixer?


A mixer would be good. Or maybe you'd like to swap your soundcard
for one with an integrated mic preamp. A mixer would be more
flexible, particularly if you decided to progress to multitrack
recording in the future. What's the "etc." after Soundforge?

Come to that, what's a "standard dongle?" :-)