Hi Richard. Your post came in as I replied to Michael. Fortunately, we are in a house, and the room is on the ground. Actually, it is halfway underground. It has wall to wall carpeting, and even though I would assume it has subflooring under the carpet pad, I wouldn't bet on it. Without subflooring, it would just be on cement pad. gosh, I'll have to go look!

Someone else had mentioned to me possibly needing a "bass trap", to absorb the lower frequencies. Apparently, the closet filled with coats and such might just do the trick. Odd, huh? I'm going to have to do something about the door, too. The house is so far off from square, that I can see light above the door at one end. And the door is hollow. There is a window, and I think I'll have to stuff that area with something.

I know what you mean about not having any reverberation while singing. That was something I definately had to get used to when I did my one recording. But it is do-able. I think I want to be as simple and basic as I can be to begin with, then add on features later if desired.

Say, when you fellows mentioned microphones by number, are they numbers used by different makers? Is there a brand name to look for or does one just go by the number? This is great! Thanks for your input, everyone. Margo