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it's a software for making your own music or beats!!! does anyone have this or hook ups to get it ??? i dont really want to pay 200 - 300 dollars for the software. willing to give 50-75 bucks for this software. please help me out!!! i could be the next neptune or dr dre!!!!

 
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Don't waste your time with FL. Grab yourself something crazy like the Sonic Foundry Suite - SOund Forge, Acid Pro, Vegas - that's all I use and it's enough, believe me. Reason is great but you need serious HP to run it. And let's not forget the great granddaddy of them all - Cubase. Still a force.
loungey, hit me up to discuss.

 
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BTW kazaa will have all you need.

 
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thanx telly imp: !!! your post was very helpful !!!!! so fruity loop sucks huh???? so it's off my list!!! i heard of acid pro and sonic foundry. but i when went to a store downtown and the salesman was telling me that reason is good for a beginner!!!! i think he qouted me for 250 -300 bills for it. and i tried searching kazaa before but i think i need the code for it, and my search results are not showing me th full version. or maybe i dont know how to search properly !!

 
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and i forgot to mention, which software is good for a begginer??? i have the cd sample for reason and i found it hard to use!!!! i mainly want to make jungle and hip hop beats so i want a software that have a lot of those loops!!!! thanx again telly

 
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Jungle beats are usually sampled and sped up hip hop breaks (ie the famous Amen break - classic stuff). There's no such thing (to me at least) as beginner software. I went right for the hardcore stuff, and as my skill level and creativity grew, my beats got better and better. If you wanna go right down to basics, Cakewalk is OK.
And as for your last statement - don't buy software because of the loops it has packaged...buy software for its flexibility and expandability.
Keep in mind also that if you want true quality beats you'd better be ready to shell out for some hardware - software emulation is just not enough. Brands to keep in mind here: EMU, Roland ,Alesis, Korg, among MANY others.

Here's a site a friend of mine started. Though I never actually participated, it helped me quite a bit just reading some of the forum posts:
Future Producers

Lemme know if you have any more questions, ESPECIALLY when it comes to jungle beat production. I'm actually looking forward to stepping back in the studio with some good friends; it's been almost 5 years since I cranked out a track, and I'm itchin to get back into it, as you can see.

 
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REASON's not an easy program to master, let alone pick up.... I tried and and failed miserably.. hehe

I heard 2.5 is out...

 
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thanx again telly!!! very informative!!! but im not actually trying to be a producer, i just want to do this as a hobby. i want to start with the software first and go from there. i also checked ur friends site for a bit and ya it looks cool. reason 2.5 was the sorware i used but i was hella lost with it im thinking of going to school but just the learning how to use these software. i dont want to go to school full time and make this my career. i just want to do this as a hobby and express the beats that sometimes comes out of my head. so telly is there a way you could hook me up with the software or softwares that you may have??? but im not sure how much to offer you cos im not sure how much they sell for!!!! let me know if you can help me out!

 
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I dunno if I still have the install files, seeing as how I got <ahem> "permanent evaluation" copies...but I'll take a poke around. At the least I can try to get you Acid, Vegas, and Sound Forge.
so yeah, even without hardware, you may want to search FutureProducers for good software synth emulators. When I was hardcore into it, Orangator was all I needed. I never went to school for this kinda thing, but it does help to have a music theory background, just to get your phrasings and keys down.