[cshude]

If you want to get a solid recording package that will do everything (record audio, MIDI, 48 track mixing, VST audio support, etc,) on the cheap, check out Powertracks. The new version (PT11) just came out and the big upgrade is native support for VST. With some programs, you had to buy a "wrapper" to use VSTs- this is a program that acts as a "translator" from VST to whatever your recording software would use (i.e. DXi).

Anyhoo- Powertracks is less than $100 and it'll stand up against programs that cost $500 or more.

Also, I'm like Tekker- just keep fiddling around until it sounds good to you, then tweak it some more. I've found that I like to pump up the bass too much, so that's a mixing area for me to work on...