[RileyKyeden]

Reaper: http://www.reaper.fm/ (good tutorials: http://reaperblog.net/)

Good synths: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/firebird-by-tone2-audiosoft...

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/synth1-by-ichiro-toda

Good all-purpose instrument: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/orion-sound-module-by-sampl...

Good orchestral instruments: http://vis.versilstudios.net/vsco-community.html

A helpful article I wrote with links and basic advice for new musicians: https://blog.rileyreverb.com/how-to-be-a-musician-58511c4e18...

[UweSchmidt]

You're describing the DAW and plugins, but wouldn't you need a midi keyboard, a groovebox or a drum computer, to actually make those beats?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/roland_tr_8.htm

[RileyKyeden]

Nope. I have a MIDI keyboard, but it doesn't work half the time, so I rarely bother with it. You can do everything inside the DAW with the MIDI roll or notation editor.