What sort of sound card are you using and what inputs and out puts are available?
If you already have a version of cakewalk I’d stick with it unless you want to do things it doesn’t support. Your version may have a tutorial included in the Help menu and this can be very informative.
My instructors page and www.studiotrax.net for all things recording.
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