[Blueser100]

Originally Posted by psax

Hello,

I'm not an expert - I'm a trained musician but a relative beginner with the guitar. I found Garageband very useful for making songs, loops and recording generally. I don't know the PC side but there should be something you could use (I started with Cubase, mostly using MIDI to try to compose "classical" music - GB gives you midi along with sounds you can trigger with your keyboard.

If you already have a computer it's some work setting it up (figuring out the program and getting whatever hardware you'll need to get sound in and out) but you can import loops, record your own loops and play along with them, record songs, do a bit of mastering (for me twisting knobs until it sounds better...), exporting recordings as sound files (which used to be difficult but now it's easy to email yourself or friends your "song," and a lot more if you'd like.

Good luck!
Phil

Welcome to the forum psax! Pull up a chair, introduce yourself . . .