Suggestions, please!

[Flexstyle]

Soldier, in order to answer your question, I'll just go straight out and recommend FL Studio's demo. It's got a lot of functionality, and the community here at OCR has a TON of FL users, myself included. As has been mentioned, DAWs are quite subjective in terms of features and usability, but here is as good a place as any to start: http://www.image-line.com/downloads/flstudiodownload.html.

I think you'll find that FL's workflow is pretty conducive to the styles of music you mentioned. If it doesn't work out for you, hey, it was just a free demo.

For what it's worth, I'm also manufacturer certified in both Logic and Pro Tools (and have spent time working in Nashville recording studios), so it's not like I don't know what I'm recommending against.

[Chernabogue]

Soldier, in order to answer your question, I'll just go straight out and recommend FL Studio's demo. It's got a lot of functionality, and the community here at OCR has a TON of FL users, myself included. As has been mentioned, DAWs are quite subjective in terms of features and usability, but here is as good a place as any to start: http://www.image-line.com/downloads/flstudiodownload.html.

I think you'll find that FL's workflow is pretty conducive to the styles of music you mentioned. If it doesn't work out for you, hey, it was just a free demo.

For what it's worth, I'm also manufacturer certified in both Logic and Pro Tools (and have spent time working in Nashville recording studios), so it's not like I don't know what I'm recommending against.

Yeah, the best is to go download and try a demo.

[SOLDIER0m3ga]

thanks for the sorrection, Anorax...yes i did mean my browser...anyway...as soon as i get my external drive, i'll be giving this DAW i got the demo for a spin....which leads me to ask...Has anyone heard of the DAW, Wavosaur??

SOLDIER0m3ga

[Moseph]

Wavosaur is a wave editor and not a DAW, the difference being that Wavosaur doesn't have MIDI editing or multitrack mixing capabilities like a DAW does.