Download some music software (cubase or sonar are industry standard apparently), and if you need it, go to some of the computing firms/offcies around Aberdeen, to try and blag an out of date computer (they up date, and tend to dispense computers either through the workforce or in the trash, well that's how we managed). You'll need to put all the software on there, as the memory will have been wiped (and you'll need to buy extra memory too, because wave files etc are big. There's a member on here who goes under the name M Hucknel, or something, and he has sm57s (guitars/percussion) and sm58s(vocals) for about 50 each. They're good mics, and versitile too (that's if you've got the funds, but they're worth it). Egg trays are good to stop flutter echo in a room, and you can get about 100 of them for 5 at the right places. Second hand curtains are also cheap from charity shops. We were thinking about helping a few bands out for a small price, but it's just thoughts at the moment (other than Gav recording Politik). Hope that helps