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Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. Does this require some special Windows-only software? Is it possible to simply plug the USB in and have it show up as a drive like a flash drive or card reader? I do like the option of having an uncompressed format. I guess it all hangs on how i get it from MD->PC and what software it is going to take to do so. Thanks again.

Greetings everyone, i am brand new here. I have been programming a computer game for the last 10 months. I am a one-man army doing the art, programming, sound, and anything else the project requires. I just recently got the sound/music code working and had a lot of fun scouring the internet for sound effects to add to the game. I also discovered Audacity and it's even more fun. I got some raw material recorded by someone of GameDev.net that i played with and i've been inspired to get me feet wet with audio recording. Anyway, MD and a mic seem like the way to go for recording game sound effects. I would like to go all over the place and record anything interesting to me and come home and mix the snot out of it on the computer. Sounds like fun! I need equipment though and i have absolutely no idea what to get in terms of brands or models. I am an audio newbie so please talk to me like all i know how to do is push PLAY on a CD player. I know that, since i am not recording long sessions (like a show), i do NOT need Hi-MD (as i understand it), but am not opposed to it. I also don't need an ultra high quality mic. A simple one will do. Something small is prefered in case i want to actually take it to a show or whatever. A mic i can easily port around and hand-hold is what i'm looking for. What brand/type MD should i get? What mic? Money is not a serious issue, but i'm a natural born scrooge so i'll probably hunt these things down on ebay or craigslist.org. Thank you very much for your advice. I'm glad i found this forum!