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]

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) ?