studio upgrade

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About to upgrade the studio, wanted to get some suggestions. First
current setup:

Digi 001
Generic P4 266ghz w/ 512 ram
mpc 2000xl
turntables
kaoss pad
as an effects loop
behringer eq
focusrite penta stereo comp/ preamp w/ digital option
behringer ultrabass booster

I do sample based hip hop production with MPC and turntables. Basically
the main upgrade besides more ram is that i want to add a patchbay, so
i can not have to use all my processers as a loop. besides that i want
to add:

Maudio keystation 49
arturia minimoog
Akai MPC 8 out expansion
Neutrik NYS-SPP-L patchbay
Aphex Aural Exciter 204
Alesis AI-3 ADAT interface

With the alesis i can use all 16 tracks of input into the digi 001,
inlcuding 8 coming out of the MPC. The aural exciter is to add a little
shine to my mixes, and the the minimoog software i want to record into
my pro tools mixes of mpc tracks. Anyone who has heard anything about
any of these products, good or bad, let me know.
thanks