Elektron Musical Instruments

this is a little bit off the subject, but you guys seem to be the
most 
knowledgeable ppl i know, so ill ask you.  i own a SidStation, and 
what i would like to do is sample grooves from it (like the Tracer 
preset) and loop them externally as part of a performance.  so of 
course i need a sequencer and a sampler.  my computer doesn't 
seem particularly efficient for live performance or portability, so i 
might like a hardware sequencer.  in that case i may go the route 
of the Yamaha SU700 for portability and price, but the Akai MPC 
models have a better sequencer and i think better sampling 
facilities.  i would like to sample notes as well as patterns, too.  
do the MPCs do that well, if at all?  if anyone has time and any 
ideas or opinions, tell me, so i can get more use out of my sid.  
thank you very much for your help.

ps:  by the way, i like music somewhere along the lines of drum 
and bass, jungle, and even hip hop among other things.

thanks,
andrew barthle
apbarthle@...