Cubase is said to be the best...but it is also the most hardest to learn....Definitly not something you learn to use over night...but if ya want full potential...cubase does have it's ups....personally I have never used it....but I do recall reading some shit about it at sagz site or something..and I belive it took months to use it's full potential........Cool Edit is easy to learn.....but if ya got time then ya know were to go...