I am a fruit-loops user but I do require a more advanced DAW. I want to use garageband on my Windows PC as my friends have told me it’s way better and doesn't crash at all. Any suggestions?

I use Ableton Live. Starting to think on changing to Cubase.

Garage Band will be limited as well. Try one of the above.

Personally, I like Reaper. Comparatively low cost (especially for personal use or commercial use if you make less than 20k with it) and very competitive feature set.

http://reaper.fm/

@undefined Yes, I agree with your friend that Garageband is surely a better DAW than fruit-loop. I am using it on my Mac. I doesn't crashed at all for me.

However, I am not very sure if you can get it for Windows PC.

Why do people still call it “fruit-loop” when it's not been called FruityLoops for 16 years? It's called FL Studio. ?

Personally I recommend Studio One these days, although Cakewalk is also a good contender if you're on a budget.

I'm a huge fan of Cubase myself, and I would recommend mr_tawan said about Cubase + NI Komplete. It's really most of what you're gonna need for writing music for video games and the like. On the other hand, if you want a cheaper option (and still totally viable) Reaper is really good. It has a bit of a learning curve imo, but there are so many resources online for it and it's so customizable. I set all my keybinds and navigation controls in Reaper to mimic Cubase's.

Hope that helps at all!