If you’ve been browsing our site you may have listened to some of the sample clips which portray a range of music styles, from ambient and classical, to electronic and experimental. Thanks to clever music software programs, it has never been easier to create and compose your own music.

If you’re just starting out, it can seem daunting when you open up an advanced music program, only to see umpteen buttons and icons. This is why it’s good to start out small and work your way up to the professional programs. So whether you want to create some soothing background music to play when you’re at home chilling out over a game of Partypoker.com, or you want to create an upbeat track to listen to when you go running, this blog post will show you a great beginner program, perfect for creating electronic music on.

Pixi Tracker is a great music synthesizer which allows you to create retro-style music using electronic sounding instruments. The program is available as an app as well as being available to use on the PC.

It’s ideal for beginners because it has a clear, user-friendly interface. Simply go into the archive of instruments and select one by clicking on it. The instrument will pop up as a square on your grid where you can then determine how long you want to the note to be.

You can create several melodies and harmonies by layering your instruments on top of each other. Once you’re happy with your work, simply click play and to listen to what you’ve done so far.

It has a high quality 16bit sampler and an unlimited amount of patterns. You can record your sequence, save it and sync it to your media player. You can then download it to your MP3 player or burn it onto a CD so you can listen to it wherever you go.