I haven't even heard about someone producing trance with cakewalk. I'm sure it's possible but I'd go with cubase/fl studio/reason.

theres rarely any good or bad sequencers out there. just different ones with different means of achieving essentially the same thing.

IMHO, Cakewalk is not good for trance. I say that because I find it very "all over the place". FL, Cubase and Reason seem to me more organized and therefore, easier to use. I have Cubase SX 2.0 and Reason 2.5...they go great together. I'll probably get rid of Reason, though...if you're interested, let me know. I never registered it because I knew I was going to sell it eventually.

I had Logic Audio 5.5 Platinum 2 years ago and I didn't get along with it too well. It's not that the learning curve is high or anything, it's just that the interface was exactly like the Magix MIDI Studio 6 I had back in 2002. I gotta like what I see in order to be able to work with it, and honestly, it wasn't appealing to my eyes, hehe. IF it was the only sequencer in existence, I would've kept it, but having other choices, I got rid of it and bought Cubase. It's too easy to use and it's great for recording real-time.

Must say that FL Studio is one of the easiest packages I've ever picked up. For the amount of stuff built in the price its pretty awesome.

R.

Thanks..
I will primarily be making trance and house tracks... I might do some remixing, but that will be at a later time. I would also like to invest in some Synths at some point. Im in the process of planning out a studio for multiple uses (Visual, audio)

Again thanks !

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