sequencing the virus

[Innovine]

Hey all,
First post on the forum, and I would just like to say hello. I'm considering buying a virus as my first decent hardware synth and am wondering what you guys use to sequence yours?

One of the main reasons I'm interested in the virus (as opposed to a bunch of software) is to get a very powerful and capable synth with a dedicated hardware interface. I HATE using software, rooting around in menus and popup windows, I like having as much as possible in hardware right in front of me. The whole idea of multitasking makes me feel ill. I figure a bunch of you guys probably share this feeling. However, the Virus itself is only one half of the sound, the sequencer is the other...

I'm assuming some software sequencer would be required to get the most out of this machine. I already have two korg electribes (emx and esx) which are ok sequencers, but monophonic. I could use these but there are limits (hard quantization, recording CCs and pattern/bank switching messages all pretty limited). I'll mostly be making jungle/drum and bass style music, perhaps some ambient and mellow techno aswell, and I require my sequencer to be very hands-on. Any discussion around sequencing would be of huge interest as I will probably start crying if I drop a lot of cash on the virus just to find that I am still staring at my computer using a mouse all the time.

I'm also wondering if there is much of a reason to get a Virus TI over a Virus C if I am mostly going to use a hardware sequencer. Sending audio to a computer via usb sounds ok for adding vsts