Apologies in advance for the geeky thread. But having had some pretty safe advice off posters on here about tech stuff in the past, thought I'd share this little beauty:
http://www.akaipro.com/prodMPK49.php
I want it now. It's got MPC-style velocity pads and proper note-repeat shizzle for crazy beat fun.

It does it all and it looks lovely. It's the Emily DaVinci of keyboards.