Most of the music I make is made with the DAW Cubase. On occasion I use a few others for simple projects, don’t underestimate free ones.. they’re perfect for many things. My favorite is Audacity because of how user friendly it is and it works with vsts and native instruments. Also check out Studio One 4, that’s free, it’s not as user friendly but you can do a little more with it.
I create many mixes/remixes which often use sound bytes of other musicians beside myself granted the correct permission is provided to me for use in the mix I am making at the moment.