i'm in a pretty straight ahead rock band as keyboard/guitar player and i wanna introduce some idm elements to the mix.

so i might get my hands on a clamshell ibook dv. since all my stuff is off pc platform, this may not be the wisest choice. however, i feel like mac is really where i wanna be anyways.

i have been using fruity loops pretty heavily and would like to switch to something for the mac platform that has is simple and familier for organic sample based loop-ology.

what would you suggest....and am i even on the right track?

so many thnxin advance yall!

Have a look at Live. There is a demo on the site.

http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=live

"Live 2 is the audio sequencer you can play like an instrument. It integrates complete multitrack recording and editing functionality - play your studio arrangements on stage, or record live improvisations and edit them in the studio. Even better, manipulate the speed and pitch of any audio while it is streamed from disk - with exceptional flexibility and fidelity. Live 2 lets you use audio any way you want:

looping, synchronizing, improvising, and recording have never been faster, easier and more fun. "

i definatly plan on using live, but I still need a drum machine to build loops.....i think....

Native Instruments' Battery (currently OS 9 only, I think), Reason 2.5, Steinberg's Virtual Drummer (or something - out soon) or Doggiebox (doggiebox.com) are all good drum apps in their own way. Doggiebox is fairly basic, but cheap and it works well enough for getting started - $29.