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by shadowerm 542 days ago
IMO the question doesn't make sense.

You can't make music without learning an instrument.

Maybe the instrument is a computer with PD or DAW software but it is still a musical instrument that you have to learn to play.

There is no way around spending hours learning and practicing whatever instrument you pick.

What makes a computer hard to learn to play is that it has too many options. You don't learn anything playing trumpet for a month, then changing to piano for 2 weeks, then trying a new guitar that just came out for 2 months. That though is basically what many computer musicians do.

You need to pick the software setup and then spend a long time learning it and don't switch instruments.