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Hello all,

Confused newcomer to this community , hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

By way of intro, I'm a keyboard player in a rock band and have a good understanding of music theory. I am also familiar with a 24 channel mixing desk and regularly do PA sessions for other bands.

I want to get some software which does the following:

Lets me compose with a variety of different sounds, both orchestral and more rock sounding.
Lets me mix different sounds to build up layers of a band or composition, altering timing/keys as necessary
Lets me plug my midi keyboard (Nord Electro 3 and Roland Alpha Juno 2) in and record directly from that
Lets me record other instruments/voices, probably via a mic and interface box
Lets me sequence tracks and loop tracks as necessary
Allow playback via the computer's speakers or output via USB or possibly sound card with phono output (line level)

Optionally:

Allow me to compose via musical notation (like Sibelius)
Transcribe any composition/track to musical notation

I'm not into DJ-ing at all and don't need that sort of functionality.

I cannot see myself needing 100s of tracks or needing 1000s of different sounds

So basically I want to have some fun with mixing/composition and be able to interface the keyboards as well as have a decent selection of sounds (perhaps using free VSTs??)

So what would you recommend I have a look at?

This would be installed on a Windows 7 PC

Thanks in advance - Phil