just for ya information. Pro Tools is used by most professional producers/editors (as in the guys who run studio's, not the dj's) to record/master a commerial recording. Most commercial lps are mastered by Sound Engineers with music degree's, not by the artists. The artists or the artists dj's will use any variety of shit to compose the original beat. like xkwest said. u just gotta find what's comfortable for u.

Protools - masterin

Cubase - its comin with my tascam mixer so ill tell yall when it arrives

Cakewalk Sonar - sexual i mean producin as in makin beats

Samplitude - yall prolly havent even heard of this but if yall got cable or dsl modems cop it on kazaa its mad nice masterin software

gigastudio - each note in these banks is played by a real instrument DAYUM.. if you want the whole orchestral pack its only about $1500

i find acid music 2,0 to be just find for multitrack recordin (if you are goin midi to wav which my resourceful ass does { no i dont have a keyboard yet } ).

my situation is hard to explain come over and ill show you how i make beats, now i use fruityloops and soundfont that shit is mad sexual.

ya i have to agreee

my studio cosst me over 1000
an im still workinon alot of shit
an theres alot of shit i dont have
the RAP game is tite..if u tryna psit on ya own try hard..cuz its ahrd to get it to crack..but its fun

lol you paid 1000....i can get a fulll set up for less

$1000 is nothin. I'm saving for a setup that will run me over $15,000. $1,000 is a small start to a studio. no one cares about ur computer mic and cool edit