Fruity Loops 8 XXL "Real Business" No Virus Guarenteed 2 Work!!!!

FL Studio 8 XXL is a great place for any beginner to start or any pro to expand their studio with. I use it not only for its easy to use sequencing and pattern editor that's easy to understand at a glance, but as a VST host and a flexible signal router. For recording, I use a Linux machine with a Delta 1010 and connect it to my Windows box with an Audiophile 24/96 via the SPDIF connectors. This allows me to route synthesizer outputs through the mixer in FL Studio for effects processing, EQing, compression ect. At the same time, I can use the analog inputs on the audiophile to turn two of FL Studio's mixer channels into signal inserts that I plug into my main mixer. I can't do that with Reason, and even with the academic discount, Cubase is much more expensive.