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How did you get into making music? Like what program did you start with?

SMILES AT YOU AUTISTICALLY

I started with Famitracker when I was 12 or 13 because I was in a big chiptune phase. I downloaded a bunch of trackers but I think FT was the only one I liked and/or understood.
https://indexx.bandcamp.com/album/the-oldies-maybe-goodies I only made about 3 songs which you can hear here. I wasn't very good at it and I was confused by a lot of parts, but I really loved how chiptune demonstrated so clearly how signal processing creates sounds electronically. It was intuitive and magical to me in a way that analog instruments weren't, and set me on the path of being into electronic music permanently. the first time i met my dads girlfriend i just infodumped to her about how famitracker instruments work.
i cannot stress how much i did not know ANYTHING about music and music theory aside from the fact that notes existed and had durations. it was pretty much only through signal processing/acoustics that i actually started to Care about music as more than a listener.

I was still super into vocaloid and utau, so I think I was playing with utau from like 13-15, doing covers in the hardest and most inconvenient possible ways, and fantasized a bit about making my own music but didn't know much about it. i wrote lyrics and had melodies in my head but never succeeded in getting stuff out there. i think i got a ukulele around when i was 15 but only did covers and was pretty undisciplined (I still want to learn uke, but well, I'm sooo busy)

I got into hardcore music around when i was 14 or 15 and wanted to make my own but wasn't sure exactly how. I was still making sketches in famitracker but never really finished anything. I played with Sunvox to increase my range of instruments but found it really confusing. I tried Audacity but realized how bullshit that was LOL.
Some wips from that time (includes a little FL too) https://soundcloud.com/indexx/super-rough-wip-compilation-check-comments

I got access to FL studio around 2017? And started playing with it there. I actually did a couple more traditional compositions, video game esque stuff and trying to make the songs I had written lyrics for. I found excuses to make songs in my classes and did a few LOL.

Then I finished my first official breakcore song with dance dance degrade (https://soundcloud.com/indexx/dance-dance-degrade-degrade) , and the rest was history...

FL was slightly intimidating at first and I think I put it down after trying like One or Two things with it, but relative to the others I can't remember the process of learning it because it's significantly more intuitive. now I'm like, A Real Producer, and can teach other people stuff.

If you're interested or curious, I'm happy to advise on getting started with FL Studio. Im also opinionated design engineer so like i can talk through "how to find the right music tool for you" and shit like that to some extent. Smiles. thank you for asking this question

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