Overall I wish I would have learned FL Studio from the start. You can buy the other editions on their website. If you are going to buy Mixcraft, get the Recording or Pro edition, as 16 tracks as the limit for Home Studio will prove great stress later down the road.
>Opinion: It is all about preference, I learned Mixcraft 7 as my first DAW, and I now have 400+ hours on Mixcraft 8.