Ready To Record?

[Masters Of War]

Ok I'm completely new to home recording, but I have been looking into it for the past two weeks and now have a Tascam 488 (not the mkII) in rout to my house, so being as I have no clue what I'm doing I was wondering if someone could tell me if I have all the gear I need to get things going, and also what I might look to pick up next. I've got the 488, a stupio projects b1 mic (boom stand, shock mounts, xlr cable, ect...), a Behringer MIC100 preamp, 3ft. xlr - xlr cable (to connect the preamp to the 488), Gxp-143 xlr - 1/4in adapter (the 488 only has two xlr connections), headphones, TDK SA60 tapes. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[F_cksia]

Well, just push record now.

Guess you're fully equipped to start with. Maybe consider using pro quality monitors instead of headphones, that will help your mixes a lot.

After that you might want to look at some outboard gear like compressors and effects but don't worry about that now, and get some experience.