Bananarchy
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Complete newbie here. So on a bit of a whim, I went out and purchased an MXL 770 condenser mic to do so home vocal recording. Unfortunately, I did the absolute minimum in terms of research and it may have left me in a bit of pickle. Essentially, I was expecting to be able to somehow record the audio to my computer, but I am no longer sure if that is possible using the mic I purchased. The microphone requires an XLR cable, but (and forgive the stupidity of this next part) what exactly do I plug the other end into? A mixer? I see that you can buy XLR to usb converters, but it doesn't look like these have the phantom power required to operate the mic. Is anyone aware of a solution, or did I just bone myself out of $80?