Hi Chuck and welcome.
To speed up your questioning process can I offer some advice as to the information you should post upfront?
1)Computer: Make, model, OS, CPU specc', ram fitted.
2)Recording software if any (called a DAW)
3)Do you have an Audio Interface? If not you need one and give us some idea of number of mic inputs required. Most "One Man Band" singer/players find two inputs enough but DO NOT go fewer than two!
4)Have a mic? If not, whole other discussion on its own but almost anything will serve to start with.
5)Monitoring: Best done with active speakers (again, another sub'chat!) but you can start with modest headphones. Need to be of the closed back design if you want to sing to backing tracks.
6, left a deliberate space! ROOM TREATMENT! Domestic sized room all sound horrible if you record a voice in them. At the very least you will need some absorbent material front, and just as important, BACK of you but this can be as simple as a couple of duvet/heavy blankets on a plastic wastepipe frame.
Don't forget ancillaries, leads, mic stands etc. All up, ex PC you can have a very good quality system for well under $500. And that last is the most important thing to tell us. Budget!
Dave.
