Elektron Musical Instruments

Forget the yamaha, go get an akai mpc2000xl . 

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...> wanted to 
> > ask people with experience what would be your next piece of 
> gear to 
> > add to my simple setup if you had $1200.00 to spend. 
> 
> You also might need a live-sequencer besides a sampler...get a 
> Yamaha RS7000. It's a great hardware sequencer with a 
> sampling-section and tone generator for additional bread and 
> butter sounds. Great all in one production tool with 
> live-abitlities. And you should find it in the US for about $1200.
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