A Powerful Studio For A Mixer/producer

[hairy_butt]

HEY THERE PEOPLE,PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE FOLLOWING DECISION.
IM A REMIXER/MIXER/PRODUCER.MOST WORK WILL BE REMIXING ALTHOUGH I WILL BE COMPOSING AND WORKING WITH INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS(BUT NOT AS MUCH.SAY 60 40 RATIO.)
IM STUCK ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT TO BUY:
SEQUENCER-CUBASE SL OR CAKEWALK OR ??????
SYNTHESIZER-VAZ MODULAR OR REASON OR ?????
SAMPLER-HALION OR ????
AUDIO EDITOR-WAVELAB OR SOUNDFORGE OR ?????
(?????= WHATEVER U GUYS THINK THAT IS NOT LISTED)
WITH THIS SYSTEM IM ALSO BUYING A SOUND MODULE-THE ROLAND SD70.(I THINK IT RETAILS AT 600 POUNDS.)
ALL HELP WILL BE SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
P.S PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PURPOSE FOR THIS EQUIPMENT AND ALSO THAT I WISH TO HAVE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE EZ TO USE,SINCE IAM NOT A VERY BRIGHT PERSON.
THANXX!

[hairy_butt]

COME ON GUYS.IM SPENDING GOOD MONEY ON THIS.PLEASE HELP ME OUT.IM YOUNG,THICK AND VULNERABLE.I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.UR THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW I CAN TURN TO.PLEEEEEASE

[Rochey]

Butt...

let me give you hint before we start...

DON'T SHOUT!

Caps is considered as shouting, and as such is quite annoying...

Right, now that I have that out of the way...

I'd jump right in with Cubase... From what i've seen, it's more pro oriented than Calkwalk ever was, although i'm unsure on Sonar.

As for a synth - i'm unsure, i'm not a Synth fanatic, so I'm in no position to recommend, although i'd give some thought to some of the software synths with a hardware controller, something like a "Kenton Control Freak" or something... Reason is start.

Audio Editors... hmmm... I've only used Soundforge, and quite frankly, I've never seen the need to go elsewhere... many of these editors do the same things in my eyes... althouhg others can probably advise you better.

If your going to be working with modules etc, as well as acoustic instruments etc... get yourself a good mixer (MAckies are pretty good) as well as some nice Mic's - (if your in the UK... RED5, Studio Cpoject C1 and Rode NT2/NT1000) are all relatively easy to find...

most of all...

get your ass over to Digital Village and listen to the equipment before you buy it. compare a few of them by listening to the sound, not by looking at the price tag and the case.

Cheers

R