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In my way of thinking, the MPC4000 is as high guality and professional as you can get in a sampler/sequencer, unless you are operating software inside some $10,000+ Pro Tools rig. The 4000 has some limitations in this case, well maybe not so many.
Try adding better converters and wordclock to the 4000 with programable analog filterbanks on the 10 outputs(what they are for). Get yourself a Nord Lead 2X(24-bit 96khz) with filterbanks as needed. The only things that can really sound hi-fi are more expencive things like a Studio Electronics omega-8. There are a few cheaper analogs that are hi-end though. The big downfall is not finding enouph 96k samples to build your ideal library so that you can then just mix and combine sound on the fly. Sampling all the quality sounds you want is expensive so the question is, do you have the dough to go pro man?
The 4000 will play samples of any rate and bit resolution in the same kit(up to 24-bit 96khz) with 10 outputs. What more do you want? Buy an Oasis or V-Synth to go with it then.
If I you can't afford a 4000, get a Yamaha SY-99, Alesis DM-Pro and Alesis MMT-8. thats really the best you could do under the used price of a 4000 with Lead 2X but requires lots of programming.
The only other sampler I might choose instead(but only for loops) is Roland DickLab. In that case I would have to have a Sy-99 and DM-Pro. This is only about sound, not fun factor for me! I have a machinedrum, mixed with the sound of a DM-PRO and together as one, they sound better than anything but a 4000. The DM-Pro has audio mix inputs. I hope this can help someone.
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