^^ He hit the nail on the head... I have yet to make one beat on my EPS that I could not recreate in fruityloops. The swing kind of sucks, but you can move each note individually, so that's not much of an excuse. All fruityloops is is a dressed up step sequencer, plain and simple. If you're a visual person, you would probably like being able to see the sequence etc.
Now that they have added VST capabilities, I open up NI Battery inside for sampling and sequence with the step sequencer. Even if you're a software hater, its pretty fresh for a scratchpad. I've freaked some beats from my laptop that have made my hardware head homies recognise... In the end, it's all about the user!
peace
ps- I was crazy shocked to find out the SP was secretly running fruity loops.. crazy world
pps- If they called it anything but "FRUITY" loops, noone would front..