R: Drum machines--other neophyte questions

["Bruce Comens" <bcomens@corelli.nexus.it>]

> * Touch Sensitive Pads

Does this mean you can control volume by how hard you tap them?   And does
that
mean you can actually "play" the DR 660 (I've been thinking of the 770,
actually) in real (hah!) time?

I'd like to get a unit that allows both  programming and playing, 
preferably
with Indian/middle eastern sounds, but I thought you had to get something
like the Roland spd20 or Zendrum for that....

But I don't think you can program the spd20 like the Boss series??

Thanks,
Bruce Comens