Your microphone first of all, is most important before even thinking about the compressor. In a situation when recording vocals use a condenser microphone. They have a greater frequency response, dynamic range and sensitive to change in sound pressure then most other microphones. A microphone that I would recommend for vocal recordings would be the Neumann U87. If you're looking for something that can fit into a smaller budget, I would recommend the "Studio Project" C1. I own this mic as well and use it quite often. Now you need preamps. Control boards and interfaces have built in preamps, but you want preamps that are reputable in the world of recording vocals. In this case I have a Lexicon U82s interface. This interface is equipped with class IV Dbx preamps running on a high voltage supply to ensure a nice clean signal running from the interface into the DAW (digital workstation) and a wide dynamic range. Now with a good condenser mic and some great preamps, we can get to the compressor. The compressor I would recommend, would be the "Avalon 737". This has a class A preamp using two vacuum tube triodes. Vacuum tubes are perfect for vocals giving them ultimate warmth and sheen. The preamps on the Avalon'sare amazing. Very low noise, considering that they are running on vacuum tubes. If this seems to be something that can not fit in your budget at the time, then I would recommend the "PreSonus Studio Channel". This Also runs off of a Class A tube pre-amplifier and has a built in compressor and parametric EQ .
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