Reply to Novation 25SL MKII help

so I just bought a 25SL, and i'm wondering if I should take it back, I'm new to using Ableton and its seeming very difficult at this time to get everything working like it does in my mind. Anyone out there have some suggestions for me? i'm use to using traktor to mix but I wanted to start making my own stuff, should I go for a different software or different hardware?