Resistance is futile

For as long as computers have been a part of music studios, I've resisted using them. I don't know why that is, given my otherwise great relationship with machines. I used to love writing using hardware sequencers, samplers, drum machines....and keeping the computer in a different corner for when I needed to e-mail the band about practice.Eventually, because it became pretty much impossible *not* to use a computer in the studio, I got one. I can't say I've really regretted it, but I've never really embraced it, either. I've let it be my tape machine, editor and recorder, but I still prefer to have a room full of synthesizers and even hardware samplers (I will always have a hardware MPC of some flavor in my studio) than to let it all be in the box.It's kind of ridiculous if I really think through it. Most of my hardware synthesizers have cheap and easy software equivalents. In many cases, I actually *own* those equivalents, but just don't use them as much as their real-world counterparts.This is undoubtedly some sort of psychological thing for me. Making music, being a more 'physical' activity, I prefer to be able to physically touch and interact with my instruments in 3d meat space. It feels better touching a 'real' instrument instead of mousing about on a virtual one.In the name of personal grown and exploration, I'm attempting to embrace the computer more in my workflow. I've been tempted to sell off large parts of my hardware and *force* that issue...but that's probably not a very wise idea.I'm working on a little project now, and I'm going to make it interesting for myself by pushing myself to use a stack of software to get it done. I know, I know...I'm way behind and many of you have been doing that forever. But I'm an old guy with a psychological block against using software. Time I got over that.