For not losing it that’s fine, but I found that they start failing after a year or so of usage. The usb c connector is much more fragile than the 3.5mm and I guess being more complex (and digital) means that even a small wobble can disconnect one of the lines.

In that case I’d recommend checking out this list, Acerola on youtube and prof. Cem Yuksel’s lessons on youtube

Yea I remember watching a few of his videos and stopping quickly when noticing how toxic he always is.

I don’t really know how to play or make music, but I’ve messed around with a few tools: there’s rackarrack which is a virtual fx rack for guitar, there’s DAW Ardour, if you are interested in synths and similar there are things like VCV rack and Cardinal, which are modular synth racks, there’s trackers like OpenMPT and Impulse Tracker and Hydrogen, which is a drum machine/sequencer.

If you are on Linux there’s jackd which is an audio system that allows you to route sound through applications with a virtual patchbay.

Excel does it for its formulas. It ends up being just a pain in the ass when you are looking online for info (which means it ends up increasing the barrier of entry, as most stuff online is in English).