MPC-5000 and Pro-tools 9

Ok,I got a question I been a hardware guy for years but recently I been thinking about moving over to pro-tools (I know nothing about pro-tools,well maybe a little..)ok,I own a 5000 and would like to integrate that into pro-tools 9 I would like to use all 8 outs of my MPC plus the two stereo outs now with pro-tools should get an m-box plus an out board mixer or just one or the other?? (I also know I could import/export my tracks I just need a way to get more than one track at a time and better EQ and compression than what's inside the mpc )appreciate some help on this thanx.

Doesn't have to be an M-Box with Pro Tools 9, you can run any third party interface as long as it supports either Core Audio on a Mac or ASIO on a PC. There's plenty of decent priced interfaces with 6 or 8 inputs, not sure what's available if you wanted to use all 10 MPC outputs at once though. But yes, a mixer could be used to group some sounds, although you could just use the internal mixer on the MPC to do that.

Ok,cool I know what I need to do,.......more research (I fully agree)
Thanx for the point to the right direction much appreciated.