phil the mpc is able to run 4-6 soundmods and give you hot drums
if you want to use a computer cool i dont sequecence on anything but an mpc for $1200 its a bargin, as far as whats out there-you just have to look shit is cheap nowdays $2500 for me = mpc 2000 for $1200, a used roland 2080 with 8 expansion cards =over 3000 sounds for $1000 on ebay,a keyboard controller
as far as tritons there good ,i just like to sound different,no triton or asr is gonna touch my drums or sequenceing,i also use older keys and mods that people forgot about like novation bassstation
i paid 200 for it,asr10 for 500 i got thousands of sounds for it,waldorf microwave its like 9 years old, akai s1000,paid 350 for it ,e-mu e4k paid 700 for it, kurzweil k 2600,roland tr808 paid 400,sp1200 paid 800
ive got lots more stuff,my point is just because its new dont make it better, i had a korg m1 along time ago i like korg ,but i can tell one a mile away.
big j your correct however most people dont care to spend time editing patches, ive been in music for about 12 years thats one of the first things i learnd back in 89.