Been considering getting a hardware sample sequencer for some time now - mainly for use in Live PAs, but really fancy going about making tunes in a "non-PC" way too.

Mainly been looking at Akai MPC 1000, but opportunity to get a Yamaha SU700 quite cheap (around £200) has arisen.

If anyone has any anecdotal experiences to relate, opinions, cautionary tales, praise to relate then please do so - any information could be invaluable.

Currently formed the opinion that it might be a bit pointless unless I have a PC to create loops with anyway, but hoping someone can tell me otherwise.

Thanks in advance for any info!