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Originally posted by Mephex
I use Fruity Loops which is now called FL Studio.
I grabbed the trial first and then puchased their "Studio" version. I'm really happy with it, though I don't do much live recording, it does support it. However I just use a controller and a mic.
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I wouldn't really recomend Fruity Loops for what he's doing. It would be cool for him in that he *could* get some recording done through it but he could also map his own drums out to play to.
Here's a quick rundown. I might leave a few out:
Digidesign's Protools
Apple's Logic (used to be by Emagic...)
Steinberg's Cubase SX
Native Instrument's something...
These are all the top of the line, professional MIDI/Audio sequencers. They will definitely be overkill for single-track recording that your'e talking about, however you mentioned that you would like overkill. Well these will do all that and a dime sack! Be prepared to shell out $300-$1000 for any of them.
Sonar
Cubase SL
Sound Forge? (just editing..? not sure)
Some others
These are going to be your amateur line of software, but good because they are mostly made by quality companies who also put out the high end stuff. What are you looking to do? Edit sound files or arrange multitrack songs?
Fruity Loops
Steinberg's ReBirth
Steinberg's Reason
Some other smaller take-off's (Native Inst.'s Intakt and Kontakt)
These are more for the electronic music musician. However You could write some pretty interesting beats in Fruity Loops to play along to. Rebirth is more for 'dance' music, and Reason, which I love, is like a big-big brother to ReBirth.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions
-T