What the hell do you have against rotary phones?

:) Sorry for the 'hell' -- but it just wasn't as funny without it. I friend of mine had an antique rotary pay phone hanging on the wall. One of the kids there (a teenager) went to use it...picked-up the handset...and studied the phone for a while. After thinking, she stuck her finger in one of the dial holes and pushed! It was the first time I felt 'old'.

Anyway, I agree that computers are better for recording and MIDI editing....but it feels too much like work. I end-up spending more time on trying to get a patch library to load or figure out why Windows doesn't recognize my ES over USB anymore. When I use the pattern sequencer on the ES, I just play..and it is fun. I'm sure if I had to produce a complex MIDI sequence (or ANY audio recording), I'd employ the PC again (especially for sequence editing). The other issue for me (and maybe others) is that although my keyboards and my PC are in the same room, I don't have a workspace setup JUST for making music (i.e. my keys are at a right angle to my PC setup, and I need the desk-space for work and other things (can't just plop my ES or other controller down in front of the monitors).

Maybe someday I'll have a dedicated workspace just for music making.

Anyway, interesting post.