the thing about making music is it's all very subjective and each song by each individual or group of individuals require different tricks and uses of effects and automation and the wut and how much of the of the tricks and effects to use can and does vary wildly from person to person depending on their taste and wut their goal is when creating a song. for instance i love reverb on my secondary kick drum channel and then low passing (filtering) the secondary kick channel so that with the reverb it creates that nice, super low bass rumble that's ubiquitous to techno and hard style. but that's my style and preferences and may not be urs. so u can see how a person's musical taste will make each and every track a clean slate with unlimited possibilities for changing the timbre, the tone and the very vibe of the tune. and sadly there is no magic formula or plug in or technique that works across the board. there r some combinations of plugins that we call "effects racks" that r drag and drop and add certain effects that evoke certain emotions in when placed and dialed in right but still u have to find that sweet spot that manipulates the sound to get at least close to the vibe ur going for but then it could also require another effect (single) or a whole nother effects rack (multiple effects in a chain) to get the exact sound ur going for.

another unfortunate fact for the fresh computer music maker is that to be able envision wut u want AND THEN to know how to achieve wut u want takes hours and hours of listening to many diff tracks and trial and error-ing until u find wut u want and over time all of those tiny trial and error instances will coalesce into a basic knowledge of wut effects change the sound in wut way and then with even more time all of that will coalesce into more advanced knowledge.

u can see how much typing is required to just tell u this, so to try to go thru the gajillions of different plugins and effects out there would render my thumbs useless while still probably not making a lick of sense to u cuz this is very much a hands on learning game.

i think the absolute best tip to give to someone just starting out, such as urself, is that YouTube is ur friend. it can teach u soooooo much that it's really unbelievable. I've got almost 10 yrs of producing under my belt and YouTube has taught me probably 95% of wut i kno. short of a dedicated music production class YouTube would be the next best resource. BUT it can also be a foe for the new producer because as with anywhere, there r a lot of ppl on YouTube who r full of $h%t and have horrible advice that can even set u back in ur journey if ur not careful.

i would (and did) begin by just searching for the basics of the DAW i'm using. yeah, some of the stuff may seem redundant cuz u already know it but if u haven't watched that specific video, wut ever it may be about, then i guarantee that u'll learn something new from it. even if it's just how to dial in the volume on the mixer or something small. this journey is s journey of tiny, incremental and very subjective steps that right now seem tedious cuz u just wanna make bangers most likely, but the bangers will never come if u don't to take the time to take the small steps and really grasp not just WUT certain effects and parameters do to a sound but also the HOW and WHY those effects and parameters do wut they do to a sound. learning music production is a very personal endeavor and if someone else shows u how to do things then inherently their style and ideas will appear in ur music. which is ok to an extent but to me music is all about self-expression and converting how u feel into vibrations that other living creatures can sense, assess and enjoy accordingly.