Hi Charlie,
I have used and explored many different DAW’s in my past including Acid Pro, Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase, and more. After dishing out a fair deal of dollars I have resulted to using a completely free version of Ableton Live. It is simply the most user friendly DAW in my opinion and there is a sh!t load of free tutorials and content out there to get you started. You can download a full version demo off the Ableton website and it’s viable for 30 days. Once the 30 days are up, simply sign up again.
Cheers,
Trekk
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