Feast yer eyes upon Beat Production Machine, aka BPM, now shipping from MOTU. They basically took all the coolest things about the venerable Akai MPC-series and made it into a drum sample plug-in (or an "advanced urban instrument" in their words... huh?). 15GB sound libary, beat-slicing, effects, the whole kit and kaboodle. And you don't have to be a MOTU user- it's MAS, AU, VST and RTAS compatible or can be used standalone. Shipping now at $299 (we'll have it any minute, promise!). update... 2/2/09 in stock! Get MOTU BPM.