Reply to Overkill? Dubfire @ Bobo Beach video

Just watched this to see the setup:


Noticed he -Dubfire is still utilizing Maschine and a 3 deck setup. Third deck I presume (cannot see the screen clearly enough)is now running the sample decks and a Kontrol F1.

My point is at when does all of this technology and options take away some of the soul of the music? e.g someone comes to hear a set and favorite record comes on, hand in the air moment. And it's radically altered with the sample decks and Maschine?

Is the option of using these 'tools' a necessary gimmick?

I personally play house with four decks (Traktor and X1's) and use many times percussive intros or sections of other records to to fill 'dead space', 'breakdowns', mixing records etc with elements at the time I feel necessary. or not.

To break it down is a setup like Dubfire's overkill???