"Alot of it will have to do with what type of hip hop sound you want. If you are looking for the new school techno/dance/synthy hip hop then the sky's the limit with alot of the new soft synts out there like Massive.

If you are looking for that old school type hip hop, then basic bread & butter sounds for bass, strings, keys are sufficient (such as trilogy, kontact, kore player/packs, lizard lounge 3, etc)"

"s-950 is very nice for drums, i prefer it to the sp-1200 as it has less of a ring mod sound to it, especially if you drive them a bit & lower the bit rate they still hold clarity while still sounding dirty.

If your just gonna use it for drums you could get the much cheaper younger brother s900. Although depending on how you like your drums you may find both the s900/950 unsuitable for some hi-hats without doing some fine tuning on your eq. - I would recommend a good outboard EQ or mixer for your situation if you don't already have one.

Personally i hate the virus sound and find it very predictable & very easy to get boarded with. But i could say that for a lot of VS. I already own a ATC-1, its a great synth to have for bass and both leads i think you will be pleased. I would say wait until you have the ATC before you buy another synth. Don't know what the Andromeda is saying, never used one but i would say theres nothing wrong in having two SE units. I.E. the se-1 for bass and atc-1 for leads."