Midi Keyboards And The Men Who Play Them..., Can midi sequencers replace them? Options

[Ionas]

I have thought at some length about buying a midi keyboard, and even asked around here about which to buy, but as I was trying out Intuem the other day, I began to wonder if a midi sequencer wouldn't be enough.

What reasons are there for using midi keyboards (other than the fact that registering Intuem costs almost as much as a keyboard itself)? Is it just force of habit, or are there things I can never produce with just a sequencer?

[BusError]

I'm no keyboard player - far from it! - however searching for melodies or basslines, or drum lines etc is MUCH easier than with a mouse, clearly.
You don't particularily need to be a *keyboard* player to find melody lines, deduce the modes, chords etc and bash it in. Using a keyboard will give you rythmic lines you can never dream of with just the piano-roll & mouse.
And you can always edit & quantize the keyboard mistakes you make later on.

I think a (small, like Evolution Mk-225C or Oxygen 8, or the brand new Roland/Edirol one) is invaluable.