Cubase...6...

[kidkage]

IS ON THE WAY !

This is going to be pretty awesome stepping up from le5 isnt it?

Any recommendations on what I should mess around with first?

 

[JimmyS1969]

Nice!

Yep!

The manual lol. VST Instrument rack. Variaudio. Reverence.

 

[Guitargodgt]

I normally don't recommend stuff but I would check out the new Groove 3 stuff called cubase 6 advanced. It will cover a lot of what you may not know how to use and they are well done tutorials.

That and Steinberg's youtube channel.

 

[Scorge]

The new guitar amp sims are decent, you can get some pretty nice cleans out of them.
Halion Sonic SE has A LOT of decent sounds, it's no Spectrasonic or reFX but it's a hell of a lot better than the Halion One bloatware.

Try it out!