this was my response to someone's email(hope they don't mind), but i thought it give other cats a heads up. don't fall victime to the MPC bull. it ain't the machine it's the producer...
You gotta use what's good for you. I had a bunch of stuff, but i work better with my tables,Music Maker, my keyboard and bass. The most recent peice i picked up was the roland sp606--sent it right back. it wasn't giving me anthing a little time and patience with music maker wasn't already doing. as far as some hard hit bass, use a bass. you can cop one from
Musicians Friend or a pawn shop for a yard($100). You ain't gotta be able to play that well just be able to pluck a few notes. get wild wit some samples and shit like that. holla