Making Your Own Backing Track - HELP!

[Moon]

Hello there!  I play the guitar and I am clueless as to what software I am supposed to use if I want to create my own backing track.

Also, I want to make it in such a way that the output is in mp3 format.

Can anybody help me?

[juan_alderete]

I use FL studio very pro quality and very easy to use (just read the manual for a bit) you can render it as MP3 and many other formats

[juan_portnoy]

If you want something that you can download for free and that's very user friendly, check out Audacity and PC Drummer

[samuelfianza]

Audacity is the easiest.

Launch Audacity then Record na agad.

[chiqgarcia]

i recommend this...

http://openmpt.com/

yun nga lang, some learning required, but MIDI programs are much more intimidating.

i also used scream tracker, impulse tracker, modplug tracker... tapos ngayon may open modplug
tracker (open source).

never liked fruity loops (interface), or cubase/cakewalk (overwhelming interface)... no offense to users.

plus, there are a lot samples available out there... download a song in *.mod, *.s3m, *.it ... and you can
use the samples you like.

admittedly, module trackers are not popular here, pero there was a time, in european countries, that
mod ruled over midi... midi sounded awful back then.

seriously, if you have the patience to learn it... it will be very rewarding.

[pao2pao16]

I use FL studio, ezdrummer and beatcraft before.

[erised]

imageline FL studio ...intensive

[Moon]

Thank you so much for the replies guys! Honestly, I find myself bombarded with a lot of technical terms here.   It was only recently that I found myself more interested in these kind of things.  

Again, thanks! I'll be trying out the suggestions you have given me.