Been doing it since I was 14.
it’s much easier if you pair something like fruity loops up with a more studio style software, i.e. anything from Cakewalk. I like Guitar Tracks Pro. I think it goes up to 32 digital tracks, with a full mixer and alot of sound engineering options to tweek, giving you alot more freedom to do different things.
I’ve got GTP on CD if you’re interested. If i knew you could install it on as many computers as you wanted to I wouldn’t have paid for the damn thing.