I use Reaper, but I don't do alot of samples and stuff. I mainly just play the instruments, record them and mix. I haven't even used the midi stuff yet. I generally play guitars, bass, my acoustic drums and maybe piano, vocals. I tend to do things the old fashioned way I guess. Reaper has most of the fancy stuff the rest do, but costs quite a bit less. I think they are up to $60 for a license, but you can try it for free for 30 days, or 60 days? can't recall.