Jeemag,
As your probably aware this is where the Howlin' Gaels produced their last album in. Its a cosy little space (Though I have expansion plans in the pipe line already!!) Above all looks are not everything (though it tends to get the punters in) What you use and how you use it are above all the eye candy.
Audacity I've come across before. Like 'Picasa' for image viewing (do a google on this for the best kept secret that blows away Adobe's Bridge), Audacity is great for the budget aware.
Unfortunetly the great corporate lure of companies like Digidesign and Adobe tend to dominate in their respective fields. I'm a Coreldraw man myself!! (I'm having REAL problems with the workflow of Adobe's Production Studio just now - Can they be serious?!!)
Digidesign is the ONLY choice (musically) where professional, client aware decisions are based. (Though in Caithness this isn't a major factor) It is very good though, and with the hardware linking capabilities, is a big step up from the likes of Sonar (Cakewalk) etc.
Above all though, your results are paramount. What works for you is the key.
My most productive musical output was from a rig based on an Ensoniq ESQ1 keyborad with built in 8 track sequencer (it was only 8 note polyphonic anyway!!) MIDI linked to a Simmons SDS9 sound module. Tracks just poured out . . . . . . Now it takes me longer just to fire up all the kit and sort out templates and routings!! . . . . . . .
Send a link with your efforts when you can. Its always good to hear what others are up to.
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