that's why I'm sticking with GarageBand for the meantime. It's free with any Mac (no one can accuse me of using pirated software), and it's good enough for "almost final" sounding demos. Some, if not most of the demos I've made with it can actually fool musicians to thinking it was done in a sound proofed studio, but that's also because of the interface and mic I'm using.

My guitarist, before we recorded at my place, told me we'll have to go to a studio for a "clean" demo, but after recording one of his songs, he was convinced we didn't have to.