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"amateur" recording software

hello i dont know which topic this belongs to,
so i am writing in here

i am buying my girlfriend a gift for birthday.
she is a singer that have no time to go record a song in studio
and thought about creating a "studio at home" to record her own tracks.

what programs would you suggest me for piano, mic,vocal recording and
editing ?

Effects- Pre or Post

i completely understand the use or effects pre or post in a mixing board for live use etc. but i'm not sure about pre or post in a daw. i assume that if you raise or lower the fader that you would want the effect to follow that fader movement right? so that is pre correct? what about reverbs being used on a aux send? please give me a little theory on this. thanks