Yeah, I’ve got a spare tablet and a laptop that I use while learning this stuff but I’m pretty stubborn with what I want. I want a dam freaking manual. 
Anyways, I just got a subscription to Groove3 so I have plenty to work on (and not just Cubase but they have a decent selection of vids on a couple other pieces of software I own). And I have a notebook, pen and highlighter for me to take notes in.
I thought Beethoven just hummed the melodies to his scribe… oh wait, that was Paul McCartney.