I agree with dverhey and gasman… if you’re on a budget, software like Reaper is great but if you can save up some money, a good interface and especially a good mic and GREAT pre-amp is the way to go. Slightly off topic, for anyone wanting a great vocal Pre sound but you’re on a budget and can’t afford a good pre. Just do what the old-schoolers did and triplicate the vocal track, pan one left, another right, and one center. Bring the right/left levels down in the mix so they’re at about 35% (maybe less, just listen) and slowly bring them inward a bit in the pan spectrum (try listening with a good pair of headphones instead of your studio monitors) if done correctly, you can achieve a HUGE vocal sound that’s comparable to some of the best pre-amps out there (API, SSL, Neve, Avalon). If you go listen to Michael Jackson’s “Off The Wall” album, you can hear where Quincy Jones has done this on some of the choruses to give them a really fat vocal presence. I used to do this all the time back before I could afford a good mic pre, and to this day, those vocal tracks still hang with anything I’ve done since. (kind of unrelated to the question, but just some advice for anyone interested).