Apple Logic Express 8

This is better than Cubase. For those have you who have used cubase with it's non-streamlined interface and many annoyance including navigation through tracks and the several thousand bugs it has, this is a godsend but unfortunately only for mac! The software comes with several plugins, which mean you are basically a fully functioning band out of the box. This includes several reverb and phaser effects etc which sound excellent when applied to the appropriate instrument. The software also comes with many software instruments, which are not standard MIDI instruments and as such sound excellent to the point you could almost feel you could use them in ...  Read the complete review

This express version of Logic 8 gives you all of the most popular and useful features of it's big brother, at a much lower price. It lets you become as creative as you like with the music you create, providing you with a long list of audio interfaces and control surfaces. You are also able to explore various effects and instruments created by third party manufacturers. With Logic Express 8 you can create your music whenever and wherever you are, without the need of any hardware, and without any limitations of not using hardware, all you need is a mac computer and a copy of Logic Express 8 and you are ready to go! There are 36 software instruments ...  Read the complete review