no, why would i?
i dont see the point in spending 800 bucks for this.
think about it...
1. for creation -
sure it runs on batteries, but unless you are making just drum loops, the sound modules and whatever else you have will need to be powered, and not everything runs on batteries...
2. live use -
you wouldnt trust the batteries, and this thing has those small pads again, just like the mpc1000.
i could go on and on, but if you are dedicated to making hot shit on the go, you would already have a laptop. with that in mind, $200 would get you an mpd24...
$200 more than the 500 would get you an mpc1000 with many more features inside as well as outside (4 outputs plus a master output- the 500 has only one master output).
i realize there will be a lot of people buying this, but, honestly, would you ever use this on any public transport, or anywhere where you can be seen by other people at all? if you had all your sound modules and stuff, it would not really be a portable setup, in which case you are missing the point-
and if you had just this, and were wearing headphones?
you would look like a fucking retard playing some sort of electronic game.
im sure this mpc has its upsides as well... it is really your own choice. but you could get an mpc1k off ebay for the same price.