Yeah I record direct to dps, all hardware baby yeah....
Get urself an adat input on yer pc and you can do 8 track transfers from dps, but if your not going to use the recording its a fkn expensive mixer!!!
u shld probably go for the yamaha 01v
I dont think the dps is really what your looking for, everything you say is possible BUT.... for all hardware setup with an mpc4k, its gold. Using it with a pc sort of defeats the purpose in my mind.
Your call
Pez.