Q&A: what is the best music production software to buy?

Question by h0neybunny_trickyangel: what is the best music production software to buy?
heya, i want to create dance, electronic music anyone know any sort of music production software that would be good for a beginner, but have everything that you need to create top class tracks? is fruity loops easy to use?

and i would be interested in ones that are fairly cheap £50?

THANKSS!

Best answer:

Answer by mburx
cheap and best do not go together – ever
all media are standardized on macs
garage band – part of ilife suit comes on all new macs
http://www.apple.com/ilife
windows has open source (FREE DOWNLOAD) audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
logic pro from apple too is for top dogs
http://www.apple.com/logicpro
windows has audition and soundbooth from adobe and sony acid from sony
Sony Creative Software – ACID Pro, ACID Music Studio, and American …
The ACID product family offers two levels of loop-based music production tools – ACID Pro software, and ACID Music Studio software.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/acidfamily.asp
Adobe – Audition 3
Adobe Audition 3 includes new effects such as Convolution Reverb, Analog Delay, Mastering tool, Guitar Suite, and Tube-modeled Compressor. …
http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/
Adobe – Soundbooth CS3, Audio Editing Software
The official home of Adobe Soundbooth CS3. Soundbooth CS3 is audio editing software for creating, polishing, editing and customizing your audio. Learn more.
http://www.adobe.com/products/soundbooth/

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