I still love that you can, anywhere you are, plug in your keyboard and build a song from scratch with an editable internal sequencer. It's you and your instrument. One on one.
Add a computer sequencer/DAW and the technology can get in the way. Drivers were updated... need to download. Take the hands off the keyboard to reach for the computer keyboard and mouse. I'm just more efficient on an internal sequencer.
Now... need to edit more? add FX? get your track punchy? Then you need to work in the DAW.
I'm only 43 BUT now I feel old because I have been sequencing inside the box since 1989. I am stubborn when it comes to efficiency with sequencing.
Set tempo... select first sound with no load time... hit record... play... count-in and go. Make a mistake... stop... dial wheel to the measure you can start at... rec and play and go. SO EASY!!!!
That's all well and good if you stuck in the old style editing ways but "on stage" in front of an audience is not the time to do editing ,.....when I'm performing my show go like a well oiled gear one song after the other, homework is done at home with a DAW IMO..building a song from scratch is a breeze that way in today's software.