Note you can download ProTools Lite FREE!!! from http://www.digidesign.com – it has 8 tracks of audio, 48 tracks of midi and EQ, Compressor, Delay, Modulation, etc.

I have the same Cubasis that came with SBlive platinum but don’t use it because it didn’t save sounfonts with project files, was bugged and the user interface and company support was poor.

I personally use Cakewalk Homestudio 9 which is beautifully intuitive and stable – unlike the Stienberg stuff. It also has really good newsgroup support – which is invaluable and can support dozens of freeware DirectX plugins (and VST plugins with VST Wrapper). You can control virtual synths through loop backs drivers though CPU overload can be a problem.

The more expensive Cubase lets you use synths as plugins (VST2) though with SBlive the latency is poor.
I have a page about recording at
http://members.tripod.com/acmerock/shush_recording/shush_studio.htm

: Which is the best sequencing software for guitar based recording with a few drum loops and syths thrown in. I have SB Platinum and Cubasis VST. Is this a good package to start out on? Pro Tools are supposed to be good aren’t they?