Toby Pitman for macProVideo.com:

I’m a good example of a guitarist who is really into synths but finds triggering these sounds from the piano interface very frustrating as technically I’m just not good enough on the piano. As soon as I got a MIDI system put into one of my guitars it was like a revelation. I could now play all these great sounds from an instrument I understood and had the technical ability to play.

I’m the same as Toby — I can’t play the piano well enough to trigger sounds reliably. Luckily, much of the music I write doesn’t use synths, so it’s not a big deal for me. The times I do use it to add orchestral instruments, I just have to practice my triggers and timing.

There are some really funky choices in Toby’s article. Fun stuff.