You should check out Ableton Live. I've been using it for about a year and a half now and it's been amazing. It's workflow is different from the usual timeline sequencing, and even when it can look confusing at first, the learning curve isn't that steep. I've found it enables the creative process far more than normal timeline sequencers.
You can grab the demo at their site www.ableton.com . It doesn't let you save your sessions, but other than that it's full featured and the bundled lessons will have you up and running in no time.
I made one of my tracks into a Live Lesson. You can grab it at my site:
Monosylabik
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I'm an electronic musician based in Mexico City. One of my main goals is to make music for videogames professionally. I've done music for Mac games such as Revaro Software's Reactive (www.revaro.net) and Shivering Kittens (www.sealfin.com), and SFX for Solar Fusion Software's Larm's Adventure (www.solarfusionsoftware.com). I'm looking for interesting new projects to compose, sound design, mix and master for. You can find examples of my music at my website: www.msbkonline.com