Well they are there in arrangers so I use them basically as a OMB act necessity....
but I have no regrets of NOT using them because they weren't invented years ago
and playing keyboard back then was a different animal then today with a band
or creating multitrack smf songs backing tracks to play on top of..

another think that irks me is why do people always put their playing talents down when they talk about it here or wherever instead of being confident and proud of it?...really weird ..without confidence, you can never be a great player or sing imo.