I guess, maybe others will chime in whenever they feel. My story goes a bit like this: I took a community class on audio production. Not a bad class & the instructor was very knowledgeable, just not enough "hands-on" to make you feel like running home and getting started. But he gave us a disk that had his powerpoints and some software on it. There were 3 DAW's, Cubase (early version), something I can't remember , and Samp ver. 6. I tried the Cubase first and didn't quite care for it. Opened the Samplitude and was amazed! Printed off pieces of the manual to get up to speed and that was it! I've since moved on to version 11 Pro. I can honestly say I don't need to "sample" mutiple DAWS on my computer. I have ZERO interest in the "industry standard!" I'm VERY happy with this one. I don't have to talk down about other DAW's because people are gonna use whatever works for them. Samplitude works for me. I look forward to heading to my studio any day to work on/create new projects. I learn something new all the time. It works good and it sounds good! So whatever works for you Elf, learn it to the best of your ability/creativity, and use it to make great music