I've been trying to set up for home recording and am loosing my mind trying to get vocals into the computer.

Here's what I have: Studio Projects C1 mic, Studio Projects VTB1 pre-amp, M-Audio Firewire Audiophile, Sonar 4, Sound Blaster Live soundcard. None of these is very intuitive or came with an adequate description of how to link them together, and no setup I've tried works.

Can any of the folks here who speak audio langauge and know the above components explain to me how to properly combine them? Am I missing something? Do I even need the audiophile or can't I just run the pre-amp into the mic port on the computer and why can't Sonar hear anything I say into the mic? The mic is a refurbish, so I have some concern it doesn't work, but I can't tell because I have no idea if I've set everything else up right...

Sorry if this is all a ramble but I've been working at this for hours and can barely think through my rage/frustration. Any help would be vastly appreciated. :x :x