For my money, the softsynths in the laptops sound as good, or BETTER than the SQ16 does. If you really like the sounds, and don't micd carrying extra baggage around - sure, use the Yamaha, but I recommend just putting your trax on the LapTop and using a SMF player or MP3 player to call up your backing tracks for performance.
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