Awesome, thanks for the reply. Yea I currently have Mixcraft 6 (have not upgraded yet) it is the cheapest "DAW" that I have seen so far. My friend says he hates it but for the price, it does way more than it should. I think to have made some decent mixes with Mixcraft so far, but I was just wondering if there was a standard. Also do you do any mastering? If so what programs or plug-in's do you use? Also, do you have any recommendations for third party content for like synth? I just use the Messiah plug-in as well as a random one I found on the internet, and for drums I have addictive drums 2.