How to connect a Sennheiser 855 to PC ?

[honza]

Hey I'm new here
maybe u've already noticed this post
sorry for making a new thread then
I have a problem
I've just got a microphone (Sennheiser 855)
I want to connect it to my pc, but I'm affraid I can't do it with the stuff I got (check the photo out)
Can someone help me and tell me which connector (or other things) I need ?
Thanx

[hawk]

Well at the very least you're going to need a cable. Then you may also need an adapter depending on what you're plugging it into.

You might also want to post this in the Newbies forum.

[Innovations]

What you need next depends on what you are planning on doing with it and with what kind of computer (desktop or laptop).

If you are only interested in so-so recording you can get a XLR to 1/8 inch cable and put it into the mic-in plug of your sound card. This might get you results good enough to be a telephone answering machine message or other noncritical spoken word recording.

If you wanted to get a passable, though still not pro-sounding, recording of singing or instrumental playing you need a preamp that will take the mic-level signal to line level and then take that into the line-in (not mic-in) of the sound card, which bypasses the sound card's cheap preamp. A reasonably priced beginner preamp would be the audiobuddy. You will need two cables. An XLR mic cable (from the mic to the preamp) and a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch stereo audio cable (from the preamp to the line-in).

Now if you have a laptop your computer may not have a line-in, just a mic-in and a line-out. In this case you need an external USB sound card. A beginer single input interface is the M-Audio Fast Track USB. You will also need the XLR mic cable and a USB cable

[honza]

Originally Posted by Innovations

What you need next depends on what you are planning on doing with it and with what kind of computer (desktop or laptop).

If you are only interested in so-so recording you can get a XLR to 1/8 inch cable and put it into the mic-in plug of your sound card. This might get you results good enough to be a telephone answering machine message or other noncritical spoken word recording.

If you wanted to get a passable, though still not pro-sounding, recording of singing or instrumental playing you need a preamp that will take the mic-level signal to line level and then take that into the line-in (not mic-in) of the sound card, which bypasses the sound card's cheap preamp. A reasonably priced beginner preamp would be the audiobuddy. You will need two cables. An XLR mic cable (from the mic to the preamp) and a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch stereo audio cable (from the preamp to the line-in).

Now if you have a laptop your computer may not have a line-in, just a mic-in and a line-out. In this case you need an external USB sound card. A beginer single input interface is the M-Audio Fast Track USB. You will also need the XLR mic cable and a USB cable

Wow thank you very much for your advice
I want it for recording of singing, I guess I don't have money for preamplifier
so what cable(s) will do and sound good (just from the mic to pc) ?