How To Start Making Beats 1. Choosing Your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) The first thing you need to start making beats is a digital audio workstation, i dont know what exactly what a DAW is, but you need it. There are lots of digital audio workstations out there, to mention a few, there is FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro X and many more. The difference is some of them are free and some of them are quite expensive. But me myself, I use FL Studio, FL Studio is not free, but in my opinion its the easiest one to use, and there are more tutorials of FL Studio on Youtube than other DAWS. FL STUDIO Ableton Live Logic Pro X 2. The Equipment About the equipment, you dont really need anything other than the things that im guessing you already have. To make beats you only need a laptop or a PC that is sufficient enough to run the DAW software without lagging too much. You don't really need a midi keyboard or some expensive monitor speakers when you'r...