To be honest with you, I'd save the extra bucks and get the Roland JV1080. It has much cleaner sounds, and quite frankly, its much more of an industry standard. If you don't want those stock sounds, you might want to look at the EMU Proteus 2000 as well. I've heard great stuff about it. If you can afford it, get more than one module so you have that variety. I have the following: Alesis QSR Roland JV1080 Roland JD800 Alesis DM5 Korg Trinity Rack EMU Planet Phatt Enjoy!