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I also think you should keep using Fruity Loops. It has got an easy interface, and many decent effects by default. Adding VST-instruments (softsynths etc.) is also easy in FLP. And you have the manual in an easy-to-understand format.
I personally used the good old trackers during the 90s, and even some time into the new millennium as well.  For a dedicated tracker, it was not really the easiest thing to change to such a different format as the new generation music makers; sequencers like Logic and even Fruity Loops. If you had asked this question 5+ years ago, I would perhaps have recommended you to start out with a tracker program, but I think that alternative is way out of the question these days, so don't pay attention to it. I think it's mostly oldskool tracker people and other who want to experience that retro feeling who use trackers today. Also the online tracking scene doesn't seem to be very much alive anymore. But that's off topic, sorry.
Finally some freeware VST-instrument advice for you, when you have gotten so far, that you want to add other instruments than samples and the softsynths included in FLP by default:
PPD Tritium:
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This one can make a decent trance bassline if you tweak the knobs in a certain way. I use cutoff and resonance at minimum levels, then fiddle around with the last 2-3 knobs in the row. Add some EQ (there are equalizers in FLP's effect list by default) and fiddle around with that until you find the sound suit your track. Finally add some compression with the compression effect.
Of course, this might be less interesting for you if you are in your early stages of learning how to produce electronic music. Don't be afraid to fiddle around, learn to use your program in all aspects. Feel united with your program, be one with it. That's the only way to be able to produce those unique ideas you have playing in your head.
If you have any particular problem (e.g. how to make a basic drum track for you song), just ask, and the people here will kindly try to help you!
Good luck in your quest!
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