[Rwp] student, newbie... where to start.

[blake tracy]

Hello all,

I have just joined the RWP list. I am a blind college student and I'm very
interested in audio production. I'm especially good at editing audio. I feel
like a detective when it comes to Daws, and I've been uselessly buying a lot
of things that I don't need or can't use unless I have something else. I
have a normal windows 8 computer, and a Yamaha YPG235 keyboard that I use
for midi. I've downloaded reaper just to try, and am now afraid to buy
because of all the misguided buying I've done lately. So I've tried it, and
have half second delays in between what I play and what I hear. Google told
me to get a soundcard. True or false? And if so, I don't want to buy the
wrong sound card. It's a windows surface pro so it'll have to be external.
Should I just give in and save up for a computer just for music? And are
there any books that will take the detective work out of this field once and
for all?

Thanks for any feedback. Sorry to take a lot of people back to newbie
topics, but google stinks at telling me what I need instead of what others
need.

 

Thanks.

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