I agree steve...for a $100 Standard or $150 "Pro" version
this is pretty amazing...
I'm interested to see what will be offered in the "Pro" version, as I own Mixcraft 6 Pro,
which came with quite a few plugins and instruments...I bought it so that when it went to
64 bit I'd have an upgrade path...same with Mixbus.
So far this has been exceptionally stable on Win 8.1..
This is just the standard version...
All the instruments are from the included "Acoustica Instruments" plugin VI...
I'm also anxious to see what happens in X4 Producer...
I have been pretty amazed by some of these "consumer" low end products as well,
like Magix Music Studio and Samplitude Music Studio, which sell for less then $100.
They are becoming quite powerful...and quite worthy..
I paid like $29 for Mixbus...that was a GREAT buy...the sound of that program is incredible.
When it goes 64 bit and gets VSTi support...it will be a monster, as long as they don't lose
the "sound".