RS7000/XL-7 Vs. MC909

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After demoing the motif i've decided not to get it, and narrowed it down to two options (i currently have the XL-7)

1) Keep the XL-7, and purchase the RS7000

or

2)Sell the XL-7 , and purchase the MC909

My two questions are which of the two options i should pursue? and whether the cost of the RS7000 used and pwhat i would get for the XL would this match the price of the 909 used?
 
First of all, what are you trying to do? Do you want a new groovebox to play with or are you trying to add sampling capability to your setup?

If so and you are satisfied with the XL-7, I'd suggest hanging onto it and just adding an external sampler to it. Then you could sequence the sampler through MIDI with the XL-7. Will be cheaper and you stick with what works with you - that is, if it works for you.

Plus, that route is cheaper as well.
 
The reason i'm leaning toward a groovebox is that i don't like the ergonomics of rack samplers. i like the way that the samplers on the grooveboxes are set up, so a rack sampler is not an option for me, and i like the xl-7 as a synth more than as a sequencer (i've gotten excellent pads out of it) and the main appeal of the 909 is that the sampler is intergrated into the synth (so for example you can layer a backwards vocal sample over an evolving pad and have it be controlled by the same synth patch) can the rs do that or is the sampler more limited?
 
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