Um…..It will definitely get you started pretty well. Phil did a review, and basically he said it wasn’t the easiest thing to start on, but I got a pretty good deal on it, and didnt find it difficult to learn the basics on it. You cant scratch on it, but i thought it was a neat piece of kit, solid all around. The whole “all touch” thing looks weird, scary even, but I really didn’t have a problem learning on it. However, I enrolled in the “Scratching for Controller DJs” course, but this is like 1 of 4 that cant scratch, so i’m trying to upgrade to a different MIDI controller. Honestly, its a good controller, and it will do things that other controllers would find impossible, but i do wish i had grabbed something different