ok, i'm slightly OT but drum synth can be an interesting alternative... microtonic is a nice one

there's musix too. never tried it.

chose a host sequencer and STICK WITH IT. make a basic tune: one beat (done by yourself, not sample), one bassline (with a synth) and one sample. once you've done that, you'll start to have to have the right questions. BTW, best books are your softwares manuals. NI manuals for example, are very info...

close your web browser and start experiment with software, not books. at your point of computer music knowledge (based on what i've read on this forum), that's the only thing that will help you. books will come later. PS: you should listen to this advice, i had this feeling that God Himself was tell...

you should stop looking for software. get a host, a synth and a sampler and start to make some music. software is not what is going to make your tunez sound like skream. if you need some directions, then buy Ableton live (newbie friendly), buy NI Massive and FXPANSION Guru. You can't go wrong with t...

seriously, get any host, a VSTi synth (massive, rapture, z3ta, albino, predator, etc...), a drum sampler (NI battery, fxpansion Guru or BSD), a sampler (Kontakt or anything included with the host app) and you're done.

which vst's??

i'd recommend wooble 2000, bassline killamasta, sub'o'sub and incredible drumz from outta space...

Rene (who developed the z3ta) has joined cakewalk few years ago. since then, he created rapture which is available for mac os... it may fit your needs... otoh, i'll second auan for massive... i can really do want i want to with this piece of software.

i guess you are supposed to pay the admins if you want to advertise here... and sound banks suck 90% of the time... a shame for a first post here

for what it's worth...

for what i've heard, rosegarden is more a cubase-like app. but yes it's free...
fwiw, i'm currently using archlinux and some users have set up a pro audio repo...

much experience using that bkk? well, i'm a big fan of eXT1 (not ported to Linux), eXT2 has been released quite recently and is a complete rewrite... TBH, on the dedicated KVR forum, it seems that users are complaining about current unstability of the app. However, it is known that devs are working...

Fucking pity all the production software only hits windows (or maybe OSX)

there's a linux version of energyXT 2