I was a heavy and loyal Cubase user then switched to Ardour when it came out because of OSS.

Also Reason, you guys remember Reason? It had such a warm, characteristic sound out of the box. You could easily hear it in many songs of the time; same with Fruity Loops but for all the wrong reasons, lol.

I don't do a lot of music at the moment, but it's nice to read you here ^^.