Quote Originally Posted by professor
I'm a Logic user, so I'm gonna say Logic is the one (I have never used cubase).
Logic 6 Pro is bundled with just about every soft synth (the ES2 is like butter...drop dead bass, rocking analog-esk leads, and a really cool randomize feature that allows you to vary the amount and type of randomization to the synth...i'm in love)/vocoder/reverb/sampler/effect plug-in Emagic has made. It is a damn good deal for the money (a little less than 1,000 US)
Sounds like a lot, but it is a monster sequencer. Also, I have some bits of hardware, and I use rewire with no problems.
Saying that, If you have no idea about midi/modulation/audio recording (sampling)/etc., then Logic is gonna frustrate you to no end...for a while. But like any sequencer, once you figure out how you like to work, everything will fall into place.
All of this said, Logic 6 Pro is MAC only...
i use logic 5.2 on the pc and it runs fine. however i do run cubase aswell. depends on what i am doing. logic has somew great effects built in that you cant emulate very easily with cubase.

acid is a blast too. for initial sequencing and stuff.