kabs wrote:The thing is there are many people saying that the Ren is by far better than Touch...
As I said originally, everyone has a different idea on what constitutes 'best' depending on their particular requirements. The Ren has a more feature packed audio interface, so in that respect it's better. The Touch has a touch interface, which many find more intuitive and speedier to work with. Others find the 16 Q links on the ren more efficient. The Touch has additional features not available to the Ren (e.g. XYFX) - so some people will consider that essential and therefore consider the Touch 'best'.
Ultimately both are just controllers for the MPC Software, which in itself is a feature-packed application offering infinitely more features and bells and whistles than were available to producers 'back in the day', but they still managed to produce quality music back then, so I personally would not get too focussed on which MPC is 'best' and instead just get any of them and start making music. You can always sell it later if you realise it wasn't what you are looking for.
And I really don't know what you mean by 'start big' - if anything you should 'start small' and see what you can make using minimal equipment, learn the fundamentals and add/replace gear as of when you need it.