I've been dabbling with music production since about 1994. Even before then I remember putting an instrumental Too Short track in one boom box and writing my own rap lyrics to it and recording my vocals over it using a tape recorder.
I started with a tape four track, bass guitar, and some effects pedals. I toyed with my dad's reel to reel, to get crazy sound effects etc.
Then I got an Akai synthesizer and a couple of Ensoniq EPS's. I made gabber and jungle with those, played some amazing shows in Vancouver BC and PDX.
Then I moved on to audio trackers on the computer - namely Psycle. VSTs really opened the door of possibilities. But I wanted to get a legit pro DAW, so I purchased Sonar. Most of my VSTs worked in it, and I was pretty happy with it. Until I decided to pay for an update. Then my VSTs quit working, most of my songs were rendered useless and I was over it.
That was when I encountered Reaper. It was nagware, that claimed to have an expieation, but happily let you continue using it beyond that date.
I was so happy with it I decided to pay for it. A measly $60 for the personal license and I haven't had to renew it yet.
Reaper happily loads all my VSTs and when one blows it up while scanning them it smoothly continues scanning.
It is full of great features - sidechaining compression, excellent pitch benders etc. I love the interface, and getting a pro quality DAW for $60 vs $300+ is amazing!
I can't recommend Reaper enough!
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