Best Free Music Software

[Dirty0900]

After finally getting off our arses, the music project myself and a mate planned to do is happening. Yey. Going under the name Madonna Kebab we like to make hip hoppity gabba tastic tunes to annoy and confuse people with. And maybe entertain. We have lots of hardware, but what fun things in the software world can we use to make our processed beats less watery?

[holden]

We have lots of hardware, but what fun things in the software world can we use to make our processed beats less watery?

Not sure what you mean by "less watery"...do you want the beats to sound more realistic, more live/less processed?

Nonetheless, a software suggestion:
i've had happy experiences with Sony's Sound Forge or manipulating beats and loops.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp