My songwriting and live performing have converged into using my semi-weighted controller keyboard (which was a gift from Vicky and others some years ago), my DAW (digital audio workstation) software, and numerous virtual instruments and effects. Today, I figured out how to make live song files that map different instruments as splits and layers across 88 keys. There are easier ways to do it, but this way I didn’t have to purchase a digital piano or VST host software. In fact, I didn’t spend anything; even my DAW (Cakewalk by BandLab) was free!