Clyde Machine to the rescue!
Excellent suggestions so far. I still use Audacity (for exporting songs as mp3s as my DAW doesn't, and for checking if the track isn't close enough to peak volume/is over peak volume), and use Steinberg's CuBase LE 4 (it's up to 5 now, which has really cool additions to it you'll definitely want) to record with my Digitech RP350 via USB. Desktop microphones (like the kind you'd use for Skype or voice chatting) do work well for getting started making those 'bedroom recordings', but if you're looking for top-quality cost-efficient recording, get equipment that a DAW can record from via USB.
I still have and still recommend FL Studio (I use 8 XXL) though I don't use it as much, but that'll get you all the electronic sounds you could ever stand. You'll need VSTs for it and pretty much any other DAW you get (Virtual Sound Technology, they're digital instruments and effects, unbelievably useful). If you want excellent drum sounds, Addictive Drums provides manipulatable sound libraries. You can make a 70's psychedelic rock kit and change it to a contemporary post-hardcore drum set (which I have done and am very impressed with). It's incredibly flexible and infinitely useful.
So, FL, CuBase, Addictive Drums, Audacity. If you're interested in VSTs you may find useful, I recommend Sytrus (comes with FL), Image-Line's Autogun (metallic and breathy, was used heavily with Critical Flaw), Image-Line's PoiZone (arpeggiators), and Edirol's Orchestra (for very good sampled orchestra sounds - not real sound libraries, but still very good).
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