[LAU] Migrating from Garage Band to Free Software: Choices?

This is slightly OT as Free Software on Windows will do just as well.... My colleague with whom I make a lot of music has been squeezing her creativity through a "free" version of Garage Band on a iPad. She has had a great time with the UI but is beset by all the problems we all know of with such products. She does not own, and cannot afford, a Apple computer so cannot really get the benefits of Garage Band. In the Free Software world what would be the best next step? Is there one? I am flumoxed because I have a different approach (I prefers issuing instructions to moving icons) and Garage Band is a complete mystery to me. cheers Worik -- Why is the legal status of chardonnay different to that of cannabis? root(a)worik.org 021-1680650, (03) 4821804 Aotearoa (New Zealand) I voted for love