New to (serious) recording..

[Sal]

What other gear do you already have?

Like what kind of gear?

[Steve]

Gutar? Keyboard? Flute? If you have a keyboard, do you have midi cables? Guitar leads? Effects pedals? That kind of stuff.

[ATom2]

That site sells the 58 cheaper than the 57?  Something isn't right with that. A 57 has always been the cheaper of the two by 20%. Hmmm.

[Sal]

Gutar? Keyboard? Flute? If you have a keyboard, do you have midi cables? Guitar leads? Effects pedals? That kind of stuff.

I have acoustic guitar/piano

[Steve]

One mic will probably be fine to get you started, but you'll soon find that maybe you need 2... Especially for the piano. But the list you have is OK. The only other thing I can think of that you will need is a decent pair of head phones and  a lead from the mixer to the soundcard which should be 2, 1/4" mono jacks to a mini stereo jack. Like this!

[Sal]

One mic will probably be fine to get you started, but you'll soon find that maybe you need 2... Especially for the piano. But the list you have is OK. The only other thing I can think of that you will need is a decent pair of head phones and  a lead from the mixer to the soundcard which should be 2, 1/4" mono jacks to a mini stereo jack. Like this!

Heh. Doesn't seem the website has a cable like that...

Any chance you (or somebody else, actually) knows a website where I can get that? That ships to europe (the netherlands)... :-/ :-X

[ATom2]

I'm not sure what kind of stores you have over there, but in the states you can pick up one of those cords at an electronics store like Radio Shack. You don't need a music supply store for that.

Come to think of it, many department stores carry those cords in their music/stereo departments.

[Steve]

Toms right, you should be able to get one from anywhere really! If you don't live near any where like that. Try the phone directory for a more local store.

[Steve]

Hey Sal!

Did you manage to get all your gear up and running?

[Alistair]

Probably still out at the shops or saving up!