As has been noted above, you need a much better microphone. It is the first and most important step in recording a great vocal. All the fancy plugins, FX and DAWs cannot compensate for a good mic, particularly a good condenser. Then the next most important thing is a good to great mic preamp. Guitarhacker uses a Focusrite preamp, and all the Focusrite gear I've used has been great.

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