What are you thoughts on Ardour? Is it a good tool? Have been wanted to dabble in music making for a while.
If you're thinking of using it on Linux, I'd recommend using something like KXStudio. (Sadly the distro version of that is no longer maintained, otherwise I'd recommend that.)
I find that editing has some things that to me are more intuitive than my own DAW of choice (Logic Pro X).
The routing is also more powerful than lots of pricy DAWs, which lets you create some interesting effects. It's powerful but also easy to use (honestly, it's easier than some popular DAWs, purely because you don't have to fight the software to route).