Yeah, uh oh is right. It's not nearly about what the midi controller is and more about what you're trying to use it with.
Reason has a built in midi controller so I can use my computer keyboard as a keyboard. Sometimes I miss not having an actual midi controller but, meh... I'm not musically trained so it's whatever.
https://soundcloud.com/isaac-meyer-3/the-return
All sounds except for the drums and bass were original. I started with a stock loop from Reason i'd heard a thousand times but was high enough to build something completely original around it.
Even the vocals that I was doing I was able to bend and pitch them with my regular computer keyboard.