I originally used Cakewalk. At the time it was one of the few available. This was mostly MIDI and my bass. at this time midi instruments. Within the last few years computers really grew in power where it was fairly inexpensive to record at home. At that time I went with Studio One-2 and their 4 input recording device. It worked well. If you are doing straight recording of live instruments it give you a big bang for the buck. A couple of years ago i stated to collaborate with some friends who use logic pro X. IA that time I bought an IMAC and logic pro. If you can afford the IMAC then logic pro is fantastic. I use a mixture of me playing and virtual instruments. it seem to be user friendly. For whatever reason it sparked my creativity.
