Thanks for all your replies. Rozovian, I'm into electronic stuff as well, and I'm planning to mix it with orchestral stuff. Where do I get started learning electronic music? Is it like traditional music where there's a well developed body of theory? Neblix, sorry I'm a nub. I'm looking both for a good software and good plugins for instruments (I'm willing to pay for good ones but not go overboard with $$). I really don't understand all the techno babble at wikipedia.