Does anyone knows goods akai mpk mini tutorials for begginers ? Especially tutorials were they use the software that come with cause I'm totally lost with all the features.

I am completely new to DAW and Reaper and have been following videos by Kenny Gioia. I have started getting used to the Reaper ecosystem and decided to buy a Midi controller hoping that would allow me more freedom. The keyboard however comes with its own software called (MPCBeats) and now I am unable to figure this out at all. I am stuck between going through tutorials of MPCBeats and videos by Kenny and am slowly loosing interest in all this. This buy was a long term wait and I had to save up slowly keeping family priorities in check. I just want to make quick and easy beats. Program the midi controller in reaper with the right plugins to start layering my guitar over a simple drum beat.

Where should I start? I would need community help with videos detailing how to program AKAI MPK mini MK3 with reaper.

I would need community help with getting the right plugins for drums/guitar and as I am a beginner I would like to go with a freeware and maybe in 2 months upgrade to a decent plugin once I feel I have what it takes to play with them.

I would also need community help in understanding how exactly do these pulgins/vst work. I did do some wiki on this but other than jargons everything seems gibberish to me.

I am really sorry but I would honestly appreciate if an expert could dumb it down for me to make a bird's eye view sense of the situation.

I am aware that I ask too much. I just would like to get ahead of this blocker as these melodies and beats that keep popping in my head are getting lost and it is saddening to see them go.

For those who do reply, I really appreciate your patience and you are a 💎!