if you want to try new stuff

try reaper http://www.cockos.com/reaper/ its shareware , after the 30 days expire the software remains totally funcional

its from the creator of winamp (he sell the winamp rights and start reaper project)

another good daw is energyxt2 http://www.energy-xt.com/xt2.php im making a track on him now , its simple intuitive and very powerfull