I learned two things this week that may be useful to you:
1) if you buy an MPK mini - even if it's secondhand - you get a free license for Ableton Lite (this is true for basically all mainstream MIDI controllers, afaict)
2) if you have an Ableton Lite license, you get a sizeable discount on the paid versions.
So a cheap midi controller (Akai Mini et al) off of ebay will pay for itself if you're gonna buy Ableton anyway.
1) if you buy an MPK mini - even if it's secondhand - you get a free license for Ableton Lite (this is true for basically all mainstream MIDI controllers, afaict)
2) if you have an Ableton Lite license, you get a sizeable discount on the paid versions.
So a cheap midi controller (Akai Mini et al) off of ebay will pay for itself if you're gonna buy Ableton anyway.