On Sun, Jul 11, 20048:27 PM, the following words from b syrflip at verizon.net, emerged from a plethora of SPAM ... >Okay, a MIDI interface is an easy one. Well under your starting budget. > >But I have a question refarding your hoped-for end result: Do you >want to end up with completely self-contained recordings that be >burned to a CD? > >There are numerous ways to go about this. Having a microphone >involved can be problematic. If there is music, being played, AND >monitored through your speakers, while the mic is 'live' you're >looking at feedback, etc. Yes. I want self-contained recordings to burn to a CD. At least, that is the only way that occurred to me. The microphone is rarely used, but I wanted to ask about that option while asking. Thanks all for your replies as it will make the starting point a little less confusing. -- We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music. - Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910), U.S. author. * 867 PowerBook G4 * OS X 10.2.8 * 768 MB Ram * * Addictions: iTunes * AppleScript * Mike's Cards * FileMaker Pro *