music softwares

I used to have a recording experience almost six years ago...We've had recordings of my early written song demo..If I can remember it right...We first used Acid Pro from Sony Softwares...then we explore a bit in the web & have found the best software for recording songs wheter you're a pro or not...We started w/ Cubase & the other one I almost forgot..but in the tip of my tongue...I'll post back if I can remember it...It is supposed to be the best out there & next is Cubase...though this is a commecial software & is very expensive...but very worthy to have it in your recording studio or for your recording studio business.