What program to choose for creating music for a beginner?

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Can you tell me a program for creating music on a computer for a beginner? I am looking for a program with sufficient capabilities to create music of such genres: pop, dubstep, EDM. Support for plugins, convenient and pleasant interface(!).
Heard about GarageBand, FL Studio, Cubase, Reason, Ableton, Apple Logic. What do you recommend?
There are the following operating systems - macOS and Windows
GarageBand (macOS) is available, but I don't know how to use it. Can I create music in GarageBand using only my computer (no additional devices)? Where can I find tutorials on it for macos?
Someone has worked with MAGIX Music Maker, how is it? Is the free version good for getting started?
And as a free LMMS, is it worth considering? Is it stable on windows?
P / S I don’t really know musical literacy and notes.

Answer 1

Roughly and subjectively in ascending order: Cocos REAPER -> FL Studio -> Ableton/Bitwig/Logic.
REAPER - because of its penny cost compared to the same FL, Ableton or Logic. There are a lot of tutorials on the web for this DAW. The main repulsive disadvantage may be a higher entry threshold due to the huge number of shortcuts to all functions, but we are solving this issue.
FL Studio - you can do absolutely everything in it, the number of all kinds of FL tutorials just rolls over and overtakes all other DAWs. Of the minuses - you can earn the so-called "duckling syndrome", but this will already depend only on you. Just do not install the Russian-language version - this will be the biggest mistake due to its prevalence in the CIS among beginners.
Ableton or Bitwig are already more serious tools, but this does not negate their simplicity and brevity in use and learning, and with more or less sufficient mastery, you will hardly want to use something else. While Ableton is generally known for his Live mode for live performances, his Arrange mode is ideal for creating in any genre. In my personal opinion, I like the organization of the Ableton or Bitwig interface more than the same FL. Although they are two different DAWs, I mention them together because of their close resemblance to each other: Bitwig is a younger project, but it has a fairly strong, well-knit team, including ex-Ableton developers. Therefore, parallels are quite easily drawn between them in terms of organizing the interface, functionality and workflow.
Logic -- well... that's if you're only after OS X, or all of the above DAWs didn't make any proper impression.
In summary, I will say this: it doesn’t matter which DAW you use - they all practically have one common functionality, support all the now common plugins and allow you to be creative . Try to install each of them and work in it, see for yourself the pros or cons of each of them - all DAWs have Demo versions, some even with completely full functionality, in which you can throw a full-fledged project. Most often, the only limitation of demos is the inability to save your project and export it to a full-fledged track.
As for ignorance of musical literacy and notes: this is not the biggest problem in 2018. If you are confident that you are able to hear the music, its harmony, you can imagine the overall scene of the track, and not a set of looped sounds, from which you get "tut-tut-tutt-tut, pumps nah" - it will not hurt you to start writing music. There are many resources on the Web where you can learn the basics of harmonica and the sound of notes without visiting a music school and cramming music textbooks. In this case, I would advise you to get some kind of MIDI keyboard - it will be much more convenient than poking sounds in the piano roll with the mouse, and will also allow you to quickly get used to musical literacy and notes.

Answer 2

Now I will express a seditious thought, but if you are not in the subject at all (absolutely straight), then you should start with nursery programs a la eJay.
With the help of it, in just a couple of hours, you will understand the "building" of the track, the "filling" and the essence of the arrangement.
Only after that I advise you to master the programs described above, because you can hang on simple, basic moments and just give up.

Answer 3

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