Virus TI with MPC2500 SE

[Bigmojo]

Morning...

I'm in a band and I want to move us away from backing tracks to sequenced music (so we have timecode on stage and I can sync lights/video) plus it sounds better and gives us more flexibility.

Many of the song parts come from the TI but I can't afford a second TI to provide them, plus my TI keyboard is literally only used as a played synth live which is a waste.

So the obvious choice is use it in multi mode somehow but it's only got 16 multi mode memories and we have a setlist of about 40 tracks. Plus I want to play it as well, plus I switch my patches during songs.

So besides setting local control to off, would I use one multi mode memory and have the MPC send patch, pan and volume changes or use multi mode memories for more than one song each....

P.S...I'm also sequencing 2 x emu E4 series samplers plus playing one...but the cost of transporting them in flightcases is prohibitive, so I also need a multi timbral vst sampler/player. If anyone knows of one that's safe to take live on a Sony Vaio laptop I'd love to know about it....