haha ive got to laugh at that astute stubborness
over the last year or more ive been buying various bits of both hardware and software after being 100% software, and i have to say for me there is no difference. It's the end product that counts for me, not what ive had to use to make it
ive mainly been getting effects units small, older synths like 80's casio's and what not and to be fair they havent turned into essential parts of my studio it has to say, apart from the Lexicon stuff ive been buying, especially the MPX100 i got
ive yet to find a piece of hardware that is anywhere near as flexible as Reaktor, or many, many other pieces of software for that matter