Now I've done it: I bought a "good" microphone and an ADC

[Recursion]

Something tells me that there is no end to how much of my money this new hobby is going to suck away.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. And something tells me there will be no end to the great times you'll have!

[PJMcK]

2. Time to get a good camera, too! (n/t)

[diva77]

3. Automatic Drip Coffeemaker? What is ADC?

[Mike Niendorff]

4. Analog-to-digital converter.

Takes analog signals and puts them into digital format so they can be understood by you DAW (digital audio workstation -- the computer equivalent of a home recording console)

MDN

[diva77]

5. got it, thanks!

[Iggo]

6. Gitcha self a camera and you could be a YouTube star!