Interesting Squeak. I don't know your friends but it seems a matter of horses for courses. If I were going to do large-scale synchronized music production (score a video for example) I wouldn't want to be limited to the tiny display on an arranger keyboard. But for LIVE performance... do these folks actually push pads on a grid controller, etc., in real time? Do they have a MIDI keyboard controller next to their PC? How easy is it to do a live set with a DAW setup?? Not criticising but asking a legitimate question, since I've never tried.