I am hoping someone out there can help me with this, and also, I've
never been to this group so I apologize if this is the wrong place for
this question.

I've just started recording music, nothing fancy just a 4-track.
Although I wasn't expecting anything amazing it sounded alright.
However, can someone tell me if there is some special microphone used
to record the vocals. The level never seems to be steady, when the
pitch gets higher or the vocals get a bit louder, the level of the
voice just keeps fading in and out. Basically I want it to sound
steady, the way it does on CDs. I don't know too much about
recording, can anyone help me out with this?

Thanks

CK