what piece of equipment should I get first?

[mazammit]

Originally posted by sanctified
just download fruityloops and some others demos to see what ya like,if its just temporary and u aint got no flow...

Yeah I second that.

[Formantix]

FL4.5 is dope, it now includes Rewire client and hosting, multitrack recording and editing in the playlist and the " dashboard ", a fruity environment with an approach like logic, enabling presets and custom interfacing for midi, cc'ing hardware like synths, controllers ( digital consoles, control surfaces ).

FL now is fullgrown platform and cheap too, forget about the plugs though, they all sound crap except for the slicer and even that...So forget the xxl package, get the 150bucks package and buy online in order to get the free lifetime upgrade.

Ez!