I track my vocals with compression, because even though I sound good when I perform well, I sound terrible when I perform badly, and the right mic with a good compressor make me perform very differently than the wrong mic without compression.
It just so happens that I prefer my mic levels...
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Kase-24-Channel-Professional-Mixer_W0QQitemZ140028459734QQihZ004QQcategoryZ23785QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
anyone know anything about this company or this type of mixer? so cheap it's kind of hard to believe... just curious, I emailed the guy...