I agree. It cannot and probably should not be considered as a replacement of the standard equipment; rather could lead to invention of a new sound/pattern itsel

I agree. It cannot and probably should not be considered as a replacement of the standard equipment; rather could lead to invention of a new sound/pattern itself given that it doesn't have the same mechanical nuances (limitations) of the standard equipment. Sort of like how the electric guitar doesn't replace an acoustic or the electric drum doesn't quite replace the - well the purple monster. And then with these web-capable devices we can end up building a web of sounds! Have applications talk on notes, coherence, resonance -- hyper speech/sound transfer protocol (hstp://)? #weekendimaginations :D