i started on acid (well no i didnt it was an amiga, but we wont go into that one) but these days, i would use Acid for making a mix of my own tracks...like save all the tracks i have made on Cubase as wav files (at the same bpm usually 145BPM) and get mixin em, its great fun to hear your own tracks mixed and also better (imo) to give out, sometimes a mixed Cd is much better to listen to...goin of the topic again ...sorry!