Reply to Portable Solution on the Cheap

My home set-up currently consists of:

• 2 Technic SL1200s
• 1 Elcer NUO 2 (2chan mixer)
• 1 Serato SL-1
• Serato Scratch Live
• 1 Focusrite Sapphire 6 USB (for recording)
• 2 Studio Monitors

This set-up does perfectly fine for all the mixing I do at home. The problem with this set-up is its level of portability (particularly the heavy wheels of steel). It is a pain to move it here to there, whenever I have to play out.

I am interested in a solution that is more portable than my current set-up that will allow me to play wherever I want. I am in no way made of money, so let's try and keep the solution to under $100.

What I'm planning to do, is to use SSL in internal mode to control the tracks using some sort of MIDI controller. The SL-1 will output these tracks into the 2chan mixer, and out to the master.

I've narrowed my choices of a MIDI controller to the

• Korg nanoKONTROL
• Korg nanoKONTROL2
• Akai LPD8

Of these three controllers, which would be the best to control the tracks in SSL (beatmatch and use cue points), and be the most road ready?

Also, what advantage would there be to have two controllers instead of one?

Should I be getting these MIDI controllers or should I consider getting an ITCH compatible controller?

Thanks,
Loup

(I'm feeling partial to the first version of the Korg nanoKONTROL just because it kind of has the old school Roland vibe going on.)