I'm a Cubase SX man myself, with a few Voxengo plug-ins (EQ, compression, limiting) , and a few VSTi's: RMIV or the inbulit LM7 for drums, and a few freeware (and occasionaly "freeware") synths.
I'm currently really inspired by Areal, Pokerflat, Trapez, Kompakt, SubStatic and a whole load of...