Yeah, for anyone's who's even mildly interested in Pro Tools, I would very much recommend to just go with Reaper instead. It's obviously cheaper and it's also doing a fine job at becoming an ever more important player in the industry. Because it is that good.

^^^ Agreed. It's a very cool program.

As to the OP, you probably want both programs. You'll see. Once you get your game up, you'll definitely need a WAV editor like Audacity. They become very important in focusing on zero-crossings and tweaking the sound in a more "static" way than trying to keep up with a DAW that has entire mixes loaded into it. Most pros have two computer screens, one with their DAW/Sequencer and one with a fine editing program (Maybe SoundForge, Wavelab, etc...)

This post totally saved my ass. I'm over here working hard to save up a little bit of money just to get an Mbox 2. I see that Reaper (discounted) licenses are only $60??

*i'm in the game homie.*

I just bought my 404 yesterday. It'll be at my doorstep on Wednesday. I'm hella excited about this shit. lol.

Oh Cool Edit Pro, what a great program that was...pity that Adobe Audition is so expensive....