Recording Scratch Narration Directly to FCP

I am about to record some scratch narration and what to know the best way to do it directly into FCP. Is it better to use the capture tool or the Voice Over tool. Also should I invest in a cheap mic and sound card (any suggestions on what to buy?) in order to do this?
Thanks

This is an area that FCP is VERY weak in...IMHO. The VO tool requires that you have a timeline and record to that timeline, as if you are doing the master VO after you lay down picture. Who does that? So you have to create a large timeline with some small peice of media way at the end. Pain in the patoot!
And I haven't had much success with the capture tool. It wants a video signal or it won't work. I messed with that for an hour with no success and gave up. Couldn't get my mike routed thru my DSR-11 to read in FCP. I use QT Pro and my Tascam Mixer with firewire in. Or most recently I have been using Sound Studio 3. That gives me a nice clean sound.
I heard that Soundtrack does this too...I should look into that...
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