Reaper:

My DAW is very old. I know it. I know how to manipulate it to make it give me what I want. But there are new toys out there (soft synths) that I can't use because my DAW is sooooo old and cranky. I'm seriously thinking of putting it to sleep. I just called my old friend Brad, from the band CTRL (see previous post), and he recommended Reaper. It's an open source DAW, it's free to download, or you can buy an official license for about 50 bucks! I'm going to try it. I'm sure with a name like "Reaper" it's got to be AWESOME!