Yeah then you need real instruments which aren't cheap either. Along with that you need a way to record your instruments to a digital or analog format. Unless

Yeah then you need real instruments which aren't cheap either. Along with that you need a way to record your instruments to a digital or analog format. Unless your a street performer that's playing drums on old buckets and trash cans and not recording anything, it's going to cost more than the $200 for a DAW. My point is that making music is not as cheap as people think it is.