This is the kind of "what glove fits me?" type of questions. Well, I don't know.

I would choose a DAW by what has the best support and integrates best with the devices I'm using. If I got sick of Cubase, I'd look to see what other packages are popular and have active support forums with helpful posts for other people's problems.

If I had a Mac - Logic has some support from Yamaha - so I'd go with that. I don't have a Mac, so I wouldn't pick that one myself.

Maybe Ableton Live - seems like that has lots of people using it. I don't know. Not really in the market - so I'd want to see what features the other options have.

You can give a try to Reaper: http://www.reaper.fm/ (if you decide to purchase it after the 60 days evaluation period, it will cost you only $60).
It's constantly updated, there's a dedicated forum: http://forum.cockos.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20 , some fb groups and a youtube's channel with only tutorials: https://youtu.be/Nzw5xwpcCJs

I recently decided to switch to Reaper from Bitwig after they introduced the "pay every year to have updates" model.

Perhaps you should attend a Club Cubase meeting in your area - they usually get together once a month at a local studio or music store, and is a great way to learn the ins and outs of running the software. You're not left alone with the Manual.
Using a program that doesn't have musical mode doesn't necessarily make things better or easier.

Hello Michael - if you don't compose music, or composition isn't an important issue, you could try not having a DAW ar all. I got so tired of all the 'security' junk and having to fight my way through incomprehensible gobbledegook every time I sat at the keyboard, that I asked myself - do I need one? Answer was No - I don't compose music - all mine is on-the-hoof and off-the-cuff sruff that's never heard again - and if I do like a piece I can record it just for my own use. So I dumped the DAWs and dongles and Life became fun again. I wanted to sit at the keyboard. The nightmares and heart attacks were gone!

Thanks, Bad Mister. That was a good lead to Club Cubase. There doesn't seem to be one of those in my area, but right now I'm watching a Club Cubase online hangout.

I asked my question and someone who I think is a Steinberg employee already sent me a video which I haven't had a chance to watch yet.

And I've already found out the answers to five questions I didn't know I had, things which will turn out to be very useful to me.

I tried out Reaper yesterday. It doesn't have anything like the automated audio tempo-matching capabilities of Cubase. You have to manually create the beginning of each bar and then adjust it. Far more labor-intensive than what Cubase provides.

So I think I'll chalk up yesterday to an Official Bad Day With Cubase, but there have also been good days, and I think I'll stick with Cubase.

Good, we all have a bad day with some software or hardware, I've certainly been there. The Club Cubase thing is an awesome thing because you've got folks using it, just like you. I don't pretend to know everything about Cubase, but I respect that it goes as deep as any DAW out there. And there are many tricks to be learned. I am constantly learning new things about it.