Realband was my first DAW. I'll forever be grateful for it and the folks here because I knew zilch about computer recording. I moved to Tracktion so I could get their plugins (it doesn't come with those same ones anymore) and then tried a couple of others before I settled on Reaper.

Take advantage of the free trials and do a song from start to finish with each one then decide what's most comfortable for you. There's a learning curve with all of them. And each of us have our own workflows. I think Dani Lindroos uses Mixcraft and so does Alex Rand so you might shoot them a pm.

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