The lack of formal music training should not prevent you from enjoying the thrill
of creating and capturing your musical ideas in your home recording studio.
You should begin making your own music by learning to work with sample loops.
A sample tool kit will contain a number of related samples that can be used tomake different compositions.You may use these elements to assemble a complete song that reflects your musical taste.
The whole process is much like a remix, where you embellish your own recorded parts and apply software plug-ins to alter each part.
You can find collections of MIDI drum patterns, instrument phrases or riffs or even entire songs in MIDI format.
These so called MIDI loops are more flexible and so can extract portions as needed
Virtual instruments
Virtual instruments use the same principle as hardware instruments to create sound.You can have an unlimited number of instrument sounds, available by installing software.
As you gain knowledge and musical skills you will become more confident with the tools at your disposal and your proficiency increases, you willl find that you rely less on pre-recorded loops and more on making your own music and enjoying the creative process in your home recording studio.