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My cousin recently gave me his Korg Kaossilator and miniKP, and let me use his laptop while he was on vacation. He had both Reason 5 and FL Studio on it, and being fascinated by the idea of DAWs, I started to mess around with it. I ended up purchasing Reason myself. The thing is however, I have no experience with it. I have enough money to buy a MIDI Controller, but I am wondering what I should get.

I am looking at

1. Korg nanoSeries2
2. Akai MPK-mini

My spending range is around 50 - 150. I am just starting out on the scene, and my goal in music production is geared towards the House/Electro/Dance genre. So any pointers would help.

1. How friendly are the Akai MPK-mini and Reason 5?
2. Or should I get the Korg nano's and how friendly are those?


Equipment I Own:

1. Korg Kaossilator
2. miniKP
3. [Waiting for a MIDI Controller (Akai MPK-mini)

Is there also any other gear I should have as a beginner?