I have to agree with envious styles in that Cubasis is the way to go, it cost me 130$ CAN and people dont think its me when i send'm a song because "the recordings sound too professional" no lies- i'll send you some shit if u want. but the program is difficult to use, i still havn't a clue as to how you actually Make beats on it, i simply upload the inst im using (usually from some of the great underground producers at mp3.com under hiphop- then under-beats) then record a few vocal tracks, and Pow. its sounds pretty good