Andrew likes being near beer, neither fire, water or plague of locusts could dislodge him.
Indeed (ROTFL)! Maybe less Dr. Bombay these days, but more WC Fields. I can imagine him kicking an alligator trying to pull him off a barstool before he is finished with his beer "Leggo my leg you handbag!"
In comparison, the day in day out reliability of the laptop/Logic combo is quite dull.
Not to imply the CMI was delicate... all things considered (but then I didn't have 5 of 'em), the complexity, size, weight, heat generation and then often being carted hither and yon, the beautiful beasts were reasonably reliable (a girlfriend of the time called my CMI her "green-faced competition").
I can still find plenty with DP, PT, sample culling and software synth tweaking to faff about with if I am looking to procrastinate. And thinking of that, the restriction of 16 monophonic polyphony that Page R provided forced a form of pre-editing that trained efficiency (hold it, let me put my teeth in), lessons that these kids today, blessed with infinite tracks and voices, could use a bit of, me sometimes thinks (gramps is going to bed now).
PK