Has anybody tried a Keith McMillen QuNeo? Thinking about using it as a drum machine and pattern generator. Seems cheap enough.

http://www.keithmcmillen.com/QuNeo/overview

Or has anybody got any better ideas? (my keyboard has had enough bashing!).

Cheers....

Hmmm forget it, looks like it's

Yamaha DTX M12 Multi Pad
vs
Roland OCTAPAD SPD-30
?

assuming you dont want to hit it with sticks, checkout Maschine...

his neighbours got annoyed with 3-4am drumming sessions 

Everytime I read a post in the forums I need to bash something :).

Looking for something more "controller" and less DJ. Hands or sticks I guess I don't care. If it makes looping fun then great,  Maschine looks good.... Not sure I want extra software for this other than Cake?

Thanks for the advice!

did you try jamstix?