Speaking of DAWs... For anyone looking to get one, I highly recommend REAPER. The personal use lisence is only $60; and that's after an uninhibited 60 day free trial. Kingdaro, you should add a list of DAWs to the OP.
Let's make one for him real quick, so he can copy and paste:
A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is a program that allows one to create, edit, record. Most of these cost money, however there are free demos. Do not get the DAW confused with plugins.The software will not make the music for you, nor will it be neccessarily easy.
List of Digital Audio Workstations:
REAPER
FL studio (Most commonly used)
Live
Cubase
Sony Creative Software
MuTools MuLab
Magix Samplitude
Cakewalk Sonar
Avid Pro Tools
Apple Logic Pro
PreSonus Studio One
Reason
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I just grabbed most of these off the internet