Oh! Hey! Totally forgot because I've been spending all of my time writing this damn paper--I brought back my Maschine Mikro from home, finally bought Ableton Live and a MIDI keyboard, and started producing! I still suck hardcore, and I can't seem to find a decent straightforward course-type-internet-thing, so if anyone has tips please let me know! Otherwise I'll continue stumbling around in the hip-hop-tinted darkness until I find my way ;)
I don't know any particular course to follow, but start hanging around some audio production communities and then you'll start hearing about the stuff you should be learning about. r/wearethemusicmakers is not bad. I'm sure there are countless forums. Also, at a certain point, share and look for feedback. Hubski has a few people floating around that know their stuff in this regard too.
Yoyo. Are you trying to make hip hop beats? I have experience here. Watch a lot of YouTube tutorials (even the bad ones) on how to make "rapper"-type beat. You'll get a sense of the main features and how producers screw around with them. After that it's just adding your own spin to it. At least that's how me and my brother made our... err.. tape in FL Studio.