ill answer both of yalls questions first lman the set up will only be as much as you want to spend for your mic.. the cool edit pro program is free as long as you have a crack for it.. cool edit pro offers almost everything you need in order to record and fine tune your recording.. it has a bunch of effects you can use and so forth.. you can get some plug ins (example- your own piano) that would work in cool edit pro but i mean im not sure what else you would really use as a plug in they have nearly every recording tool

also answer to ktrinis question.. a serial crack is a hacked password for cool edit pro.. you definelty need one because the trial version of cool edit pro only allows you to download 60 seconds of a song.. with a serial crack you can have access to all the regular features of cool edit pro that a member would

cool edit pros bout 40 dollars i think to purchase.. just get a crack and you can use the full program for free

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