as i sed... "sound forge" is pretty good (its just liked cool edit but more professional) "mix meister" is good for mixing tracks... u dont need any skill, the program matches the bass for you... (this is wut i use for mxing cds ) "acid pro" is another professional prog... i never learned how to use this one.... "cubase" is another program... pretty easy to use... from what i know... this program is ususally used for adding effects to music.... i could be wrong... one more thing... if u have a macintosh computer.... my friend has the awesome program... i think it scalled "pro tools"... it is a veerryyyyy good program if u learn how to use it...i tried it and was clueless.... LOL hope this all helped a lil... :D