Music Software For Electronic Musician Options

[dgm]

Hey there. I would consider myself an electronic musician, and have been using GarageBand lately as my music software. However, GarageBand really limits me in these ways:

1) I do not have enough software instruments or samples to work with. GarageBand barely provides anything in that area.

2) GarageBand's mixing tools are also extremely limited.

Can anyone recommend a good piece of software, that will resolve the above two issues? I just want to be able to have my MIDI keyboard plugged into my Mac, and be able to write electronic music with a good library of software instruments and samples, and also a satisfactory set of mixing tools. I also am not willing to spend more than maybe 7 or 8 hundred dollars. In an extreme case I might spend 1k, but I am hoping that this is not necessary.

Nothing with a HUGE learning curve either. I am willing to spend some time getting familiar with the software, but nothing extreme.

I was looking into Propellerhead Software's Reason, but I'm still not sure exactly what it is. Is it what I am looking for?

Any help greatly appreciated.

This post has been edited by dgm: Thu 19 Jul 2007, 00:32

[hahaworld]

You must have a different GarageBand than I have. There are more than enough software instruments and samples to work with in GarageBand. Often I'm overwhelmed with the amount of material that's there. If you feel limited, I'd like to suggest that limits aren't always bad. Like a 12-tone row, the limits actually open up possibilities you might have never considered before, and suddenly you realized that the limits actually open the window wider.

Reason is a good program, too, but I'm worried that you might feel limited with that, too, if you feel limited by GarageBand. Maybe something didn't get installed right. Try re-installing GarageBand and see if you may have missed something.

HaHaWorld