I've been using the Cakewalk product line from the start. A friend I know was using it back in the DOS midi sequencer days. When I first saw that, it was so cool but at the time I wasn't into computers and midi was a mystery.

I started with Cakewalk Pro 8 Deluxe. Due to some issues with sharing a work computer and needing to update the OS, that version stopped working on the new OS. I got back in some time later with Music Creator 4 (MC4) followed by MC5, and MC6, then cross-grading to Sonar, and then to Cakewalk by BandLab..... and now back to Sonar.

I bought those with the exception of MC5 & MC6 which I received gratis from Cakewalk. MC5 was from a contest win and MC6 was as a beta tester. Of course the BL stuff has been free as well.

You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.