Ive only ever used soft synths with live (Got rid of all my hardware a few years back) and as much as I love sequencing the softies, tweaking with my Phatboy, this Korg synth rocks...
Whether Im using the internal sequencer and just using Live to Sync.. or if im throwing a few midi loops in live and letting the Synth do the rest..
And on the note of DJ's who use Live.. Lets not have a go at them. Its not thier fault they have no musical bone in thier body... Throwing other peoples tracks into a program that mixes them for you, is all good, if you are into that...
Lets all create music.. Not steal.