A big +1 for tweakheadz and gearslutz.
If you have specific questions about production, djtt is a great place to get help. A lot of people that creep around here do production work, too (myself included).
I wouldn't go out and buy the APC40 just yet though. Not that it isn't a quality piece of gear, I'm just saying it's not necessarily something you'll need, especially at first. Personally, I would suggest buying a keyboard controller, it will help tremendously with production. Something like
the M-Audio Oxygen 8. Or, if you really want something with a couple pads (though nothing close to the APC40), you can pick up something like
the M-Audio Axiom 25, which has 8 pads and a couple knobs.
I'm only suggesting these two things because, well, they're fairly inexpensive, and I guess I kind of assumed that you don't have loads of cash to be spending on something you're just getting into.
(On the other hand, if you have a lot of money, go buy the APC40, I will be infinitely jealous
)
I would start by downloading demos of some production software, figure out what works for you, and try to figure out how to do some basic things.
Edit: I forgot to mention, the production software will be expensive if you decide not to use Ableton, I guess that's why I was tweaking out about the whole money issue
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