[Wrecked944]

When I recently "upgraded" to Win2000, I found I was no longer able to run Cakewalk and all of the other relatively intuitive audio software products I had come to love. So I went out and downloaded/bought some of the latest and greatest CRAP that is now available. WTF? It seems audio software has gone straight into the toilet. So without breaking the bank, can anyone tell me where I can find the following:

1) MIDI file editor that uses standard music notation for those of us who can actually read music
2) WAV file editor that does pitchshifting, vocoder, parametric EQ, compression, file type conversions, etc etc
3) A multitrack mixing application that has the look and feel of a physical mixing board (along with reverbs, EQ's etc etc)

Is this possible anymore or do I need to revert to f*cking overpriced Play School apps with horrible interfaces? I don't want to spend thousands for ProTools. But Jesus, if it is the only viable option, then I guess I'll do it.