Depend on the output hardware you’re using – I’m talking monitors and headphone here.Depend on the room that you’re recording in – every room sounds different.WIll work perfectly well for mixing and mastering.Need a relatively powerful computer to avoid lag and swearing.Allow use of a full range of plugins and VSTs that you get through purchase or for free ones.It might be easier to run through what they both do, and then give specifics about what they highlight as their selling points? OK, these are primarily aimed at very serious home users, and professional producers, so either of these will do an awful lot… not all of it making for a particularly riveting read.