Looking for help with purchasing a FL package

[PuRe-eViL]

hey i was just looking at hopefully buying FL Studio online and wondered if anyone could help me out with selecting the minimum amount (cheapest?) bits and pieces that'd let me do some:

beat slicing;

midi recording; and

audio recording.

in addition to whatever else i might need to make some simple songs/music in general.

Looking at the online shop my guess is that i'd probably need FL-Studio Producer Edition and Slicex (VSTi). Maybe BeatSlicer.

so yeah I'm kind of getting into exploring making songs and music for myself in my spare time and just needed a little advice on what i should buy.

any help was/is/will be much appreciated!

oh and the shop i'm looking at is here http://shop.flstudio.com/

[Halt]

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Pick up the producer eddt, if you haven't explore the demo, learn the interface. and when you feel combfortable, hit up that link, and see what VSTs and what not you need when you purchase, %10 off means the Producer Eddt is $180. Explore some get combfortable, and Make SURE it works for you. You don't want to buy it and find out Reason, or Cubase works better for you.

[Zephyr]

Producer is a good buy, It's got everything you really need, and the XXL edition has more than you need. Try out slicex before you buy it unless you're sure you need it though, but other than that you should be happy with those programs.