OK I’ve spent a couple hours trying to generate some kind of breakbeats with the MPC/T-1. I tried using three breaks (Amen, Impeach and some random break from a pack). Nothing that the T-1/MPC combo gave me was usable. At first I thought the MPC just didn’t want to behave, but after some investigation I discovered that when sequencing it from an external source the pads/slots are not in order (example: C is like pad 5, but c# is pad 1). This makes sequencing anything that makes sense kind of tricky. I suspect that if I actually filled a programs slots completely that it might fare a bit better - I was only using 16-slice sample programs here.
On the T-1 side of things, I think I’m not familiar enough with the device to really do this properly. The patterns I was getting are usually less useful then if I just sent random arpeggiated patterns to the sequencer of my MPC from my Keystep37.
None of this means this is impossible, but I think sequencing an MPC with the T-1 might be less than ideal, and I don’t think I’m actually right person for the job sadly. Maybe somebody who’s more familiar with the T-1 can take a crack at it.