Ahhhh, this is more where my background is. My setup is indeed overkill for basic voiceover recording, I've actually got an entire home recording studio that I've used to cut CDs. I have a tube driven large diaphram condenser mic feeding into a tube driven pre-amp (I like tubes) feeding into a digital mixer that is plugged into my computer via fiberoptic cables. This is way way more than you need to get good voices recorded, so here are some tips for you... First of all, DON'T USE A STANDARD COMPUTER MIC!!! I've seen some absolutely gorgeous animations that made me cringe as soon as somebody spoke due to the crappy sound of a computer mic. Remember that the sound is half of the experience. A $30 radioshack mic and a cheep mixer or preamp plugged into your sound blaster will give you noticably better results. You can also find some nice freeware and shareware software for cleaning it up. EQ and especially compression makes the biggest difference. As tempting as it is, try to stay away from echo and reverb unless it's for a special effect. The main thing is to just keep playing around with it and expirimenting until you find how to get something you're happy with.