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It's all dependent on what you want to do "music wise" on a machine.
I don't have any first hand experience emulating MIDI based programs via UAE, but I'm sure (as others testify to) it will work fine.
To some (and probably a lot of Amiga based musicians) sample based trackers are the way they use machines music wise, and aside from the Windows version of MED Soundstudio, there really *aren't* any options aside from emulation.
To others, some just want to sequence MIDI, and while many PC programs do indeed sequence MIDI, you're often stuck with a huge overbloated interface that also wants to do hard disk recording amongst other things that just aren't conducive to the way a particular musician works.
I remember several years ago trying to find a simple program that would trigger samples via MIDI for the PC. I couldn't find anything usable after hours of searching, however, a look on Aminet and there were loads of small simple programs that did just that.
People still use ST's and Amigas because they're comfortable with the old software, and may not need all the extra bells and whistles on modern packages. I myself still bring a basic A1200 along to recording studios to provide click tracks and to do minor MIDI sequencing. If you've got WinUAE and a MIDI interface, I see no reason to "evolve" to more complex (and often bloated) software just to do simple MIDI tasks.
