I read about just blaze using fruity loops to sequence then transfering to his mpc somewhere in this forum a while back. In my humble opinion I believe that fruity loops is just as good as the mpc 2000xl, the only limitation is that the timing is not as accurate as the mpc. thus making the mpc 2000xl more fun to use and better to create "on the fly" sequences. Fruity loops mainly allows you to "see" (keep in mind making music is all about having a good ear), and it also allows you to burn ur sequences on cd, plus a shyt load of more feautures than the mpc.. also the "playlist" feauture on fl is 10x better than "song mode" on the mpc . in the long run, I just cant see those 2 complimenting eachother. its like making a salad with 2 types of tomatoes with no lettuce, salad dressing etc.. just tomatoes.