I,personally,don't see you having a use for either one. You just got a great synth,and now you want to go in an entirely different direction,only you don't know it yet.

There are two approaches. One is hardware(keyboard). The other is software,using a computer as the OS of a keyboard,operated my a controller keyboard(MIDI).

I have been in this game for forty years and,while I am certainly not 17,I would not tackle this area at your level of expertise.

Keep your software and later on you may decide it is the way to go.

The basic difference is in quality of sounds and being able to upgrade software rather than buying a new synth. The approach could very well be the new genesis of making music,but,initially it can be very expensive and frustrating. Not only that,if you are planning on performing,making changes on the fly is not one of the things you can do yet.

Fruity Loops is a component. It,also, is a fine program for making looping phrases in the software environment.

I don't mean to pour cold water on your enthusiasm,but would like to spare you some grief. Maybe others look at it differently. This is just my opinion.
Good luck
Bernie