hello.............I still have my Yamaha QX5 hooked up to my MIDI setup. I don't really sequence with it anymore, but sometimes when I am just "ad libbing" I leave it on record. If I encounter a moment of musical genius, or "discover" a newfound riff or chord progression I don't have to count on my memory if I want to use it later on. Using the QX5 this way, I don't have to have my computer on either. Sometimes "simpler is better"...........................