Reason Or Other??, which app to chose for music composing Options

[Klingman]

New to the scene and wanting to get started.... Curious to know which app the lot of you might recommend for music composition.
I am fancy to the trance and progressive house circut, and would like a point in the right direction so I can make the proper purchase..

reason, project 5, cubase.. which would it be.

Help is greatly appreciated.

Klingman

[Beenome]

You can go for a simple keyboard (midi controller) like the Evolution ones, but they don't have an audio interface like Ozone, but you don't need that with Reason anyway, you might need it later if you want to add your own voice or guitars and stuff to your productions, but as far as a midi controller is concerned the Evolution keyboards do a great job and they even have cool knobs that help you control stuff in Reason (you will need the implementation chart !), and they work prefectly fine through USB, Firewire is better only if you do audio stuff ! I personally use an Evolution MK 249 C, perfect !

Now I have a question for Koolrok, do you think that Cubase SL or Logic Express would be enough to get started, cos I am a bit short of cash, and they'd probably do the job for me cos I'm no professional, but I would like to add voices and guitars (or sounds i would take for the street) to my work on Reason through a Firewire 410.