Going on a trip and bringing M8 + Roland MC-101! The MC-101 compliments M8 well, brings 4 extra tracks & 128 voices, Roland classics, and can be a scale-locked midi controller. Just wish MC-101 had an audio in to use its tons of FX & Scatter. It maybe this is where an iPad or iPhone can help with touting.
Nice! The MC-101 does look pretty nice. I also recently discovered the wonderful FX section of the Roland S-1 can't be used with audio input, which was disappointing. Plenty of nice FX plugins on iOS though!