this post has been around for a while... but i'll weigh in.
for the past year or so i've been almost strictly on reason. i can now rip reason to shreds and make a solid beat in a few minutes.
that being said, i've also sampled a lot throughout my production carreer (been beat making for about 5 years- sampling consistently for about 3.)
i started on reason, learned to use recycle and then later switched to hardware. I got an mpc 1000 and a fantom x...later i got a virus as well. They were ill together.
some shit happened and i ended up floating back to reason because it was so quick and because i had such a difficult time navigating through the 1000...and getting my chopped samples on it.
long story short, after a harrowing reacquaintance with my 1000 a couple days ago, i've already banged out 3 solid beats...loving the feel of the mpc each time. now i want to upgrade to a 2500 and get my money's worth with the rest of my hardware.
in short...mpc is ill.