I started experimenting with DAW's and pre made samples ripped from a sound engineering magazine free CD some years ago. Actually i was working with magix music maker and some magix plugins and vst. After i formated my pc, i used Samplitude but without any plugins, but this time mainly for recording my guitar jamming and stuff. Now i need some kind of DAW and plugins compination in order to experiment with both recording stuff and mastering pre made samples. Any suggestions? Keep in mind that i'm a newbie, and please no trolling :)

Also any suggestions for virtual drumkits for creating realistic drum sounds and patterns? User friendly if possible :)