question...mpc users...or anyone really

My band just lost our drummer. We're a mathy noisy hardcore band, maybe metal without the meathead. It's just the bass player and myself now, and we're planning on doing something a little different.
Beats like squarepusher, or aphex twin & noise like merzbow, with mathy metal, IE. Botch, Dillinger Escape Plan, and maybe some old ATR/DHR style thrown in...pure chaos.

I've got a huge ass PA w/2 Mackie M1400's and I'm thinking about getting an MPC to run it through instead of a live drummer.

Is the MPC the way to go? It's basically going to be just a drum machine, we'll use keyboards and another sampler for the other noise.

thanks to anyone who can give me their thoughts..

yes you can

you could probably find sumthin a little cheaper tho if you just need a sampling drum machine...

You get what you pay for.

I would go with the MPC, any model should do you justice. I personally would get a 2000xl, especially with what you are doing. The MPC machines are so crisp and clean and the sequencer is like no other drum machine that I have come across.

Hope it all goes well!

Yeah, I think the MPC is the way to go....I just wanted to get some info from people who actually use them, like you guys. Thanks again..

Having worked with drummers in my previous life, I love the MPC because I can basically reproduce alot of what they were doing by just using the pads and creating a track for each drum part. The MPC has a very human feel since you are not necessarily programming it the way you'd program drum on a computer.

Another thing, you may not even need another sampler and you could probably sample most of your keyboard parts into the MPC. That way you don't have to carry more equipment to gigs.

Having worked with drummers in my previous life, I love the MPC because I can basically reproduce alot of what they were doing by just using the pads and creating a track for each drum part. The MPC has a very human feel since you are not necessarily programming it the way you'd program drum on a computer.

Another thing, you may not even need another sampler and you could probably sample most of your keyboard parts into the MPC. That way you don't have to carry more equipment to gigs.