well stryd_one, i think u missed the point. i dont think those guys are realy "musicians", as i understand they are r more of a programmers ! the whole idea behind it is - INNOVATION !! this is how progress is made, come up with some crazy idea and develop it ! see for example - the MOOG ! as i see it we are now in a process of just starting to understand the capabilities hidden in the technology as we know it today, we are now starting to undersatnd that the only limitation is our mind. in the near future we will NOT need any slider/knobs/buttons ! we will be "presseing" and "moving" your hands in the air to activate commands. we will look like doing Tai-Chi ;D (there was a movie with kiano rives that i dont remember the name of, he play a cop addicted to drugs that is being send to the future to prevent crimes... any way - at the begining of this movies u see kiano in a control room - much like what i m talking about)