I struggled along with the pirate version har har for a while before buying the one that came on a hard drive.
Used it once before the drive became unresponsive.
Pretty good program but so many bells and whistles in a confusing interface.
Mostly overkill for me as I usually only require a simple bass/drums/keys and cut the rest.
One thing that I found really annoying is the limited ways to put a decent ending to a track.

cheers, Mark.