I use live as well since getting version of Live lite when I bought a guitar interface (M-Audio) many years ago. I've put a lot of time into learning and experimenting but realised I'm better off practising my instrument and learning more music and experimenting.

I'll never be a top producer but it's nice knowing enough to be able to experiment and basically be a one-man-band. I get my tracks finished off in a studio with a producer who uses Pro tools so when bouncing my tracks and importing them it can be a bit or extra work.

My producer tells me that Pro tools is better for musicians because live is more suited to EDM producers and DJs. Also on the guitar forums they say that Reaper is the way to go. If I was starting out again and looking for the best DAW for a guitarist/composer I might have gone a different direction.

But I looked at the free version of Pro tools, was about to download it then thought about the time/effort it would take to learn it and thought....naaah - that ain't happenin'...

I'm happy with Live which is more than sufficient for all my musician needs and I like a bit of EDM and playing with synths so it's all good. I'll probably upgrade to 10 even if it means I'm still only using about 10% of what it's capable of :) This is what my setup looks like:

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Now I'm going to get back to my jazz theory tutorials...