Best program for MIDI/USB keyboard?

[DawgTheHallMonitor]

Im really looking into buying a MIDi keyboard and am wondering if any of you already successful music producers can point to a few of the better programs for making electronic music.
I am JUST starting out in this stuff so any tips are much appreciated. Also, what keyboards do you recommend?

Thank you everybody! Peace

 

[RaverInDaForest]

I have Reason 5.0 as my software and as for my usb midi keyboard I have a Korg Nano. The nano keyboard is small but since I like to be mobile with my laptop it suits my needs perfectly.

 

[RaverInDaForest]

You may also want to check out Ableton as well. I have an older version of it (version 7) and I made a few tracks on that.

 

[dropsonde]

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