Originally Posted by: BenoitAs far as recording software goes, the biggest name is always a good investment. Softwares like Sonar (http://www.cakewalk.com/) or Cubase (http://www.steinberg.net).

If you play an electric guitar, you pretty much have two options. Either record direct or mic you amp. I go direct. Depending on your gear, you might already be able to do that. I use a Line6 Spider amp and it comes with a line-out. I could connect the line-out of the amp directly in the LINE-IN of my sound card.

I didn't test out many mics but I have a SURE SM57. I think I paid around 100$ and it does a very good job.

i only have a small practice amp that came with a ****ty epiphone guitar i have. and as far as my sound card, i have a mic in, but its 3.5mm so id have to get an adaptor for another cable. and i dont think it would end up being very good quality. so i think i might just get the line in thingy up above since it can do it easier.

and thanks for the software suggetsions