Just started making my own beat, bought a small midi when I was in Japan last november after meeting a few music producer and attend their concert. Went straight to department store and bought one.
Nice beats bro how long have you been making beats? which DAW are you on?
Officially 1 year a month ago. Currently using Ableton Lite, Garageband and also Logic Pro for a moment depends on the tune am doing. Since the new Garageband release couple months ago, lots of things you can do there. I still use Ableton Lite to do most of the sound mixing which I am familiar with it.