Drum Machines
Well the hardware samplers are good..there is no doubt abt that.. but to me .. the VST's are taking over the whole hardware concept slowly but surely..if youre comfortable using a software sequencer like Cubase & Logic.. VST'S are the way to go..well as far as atleast the drum thing goes.. there are so many VST'S out there to pick from.. like Stylus,Storm,and Reason has a bunch of those stuff too.. and above all they are so daym easy to use.. you have over a 1000 Pre played,Pre Recorded Loops to chose from in Stylus in diffrent tempos!. and you can tweak them to the way you want them too(Like youre Filters,Pitch.etc.. and they have this cool thing called groove controls.. which are the actual samples of the cool loop you heared in stylus.. now they are neatly laid across youre kepboard so that you can build youre own beat out of em..
Well its just a suggestion..look into it and see wat you think of it.. am pretty sure it would blow youre mind off.. well it did to me!..
Cheers