For a $200 gadget that fits in your pocket, the Korg Kaossilator is a damned cool toy. Really, it's considerably more than a toy, as the many YouTube videos show.

You can probably already see where I'm going with this.

There is no reason all this can't be done with an iPhone, given the proper software. Indeed, the iPhone gives more control than the Kaossilator, what with multitouch and the accelerometer. It might not sound quite as good, but then again it just might.

What I'd really like to see is something like this, combined with a sampler that used the phone mic. Sure, that'd be far from pro level, but it'd be pretty damn cool for jam sessions and the like.

Really, I have little doubt that we'll see something like this in the near future. There's certainly enough enthusiasm going right now (just look up "iBand" on YouTube). It's only a matter of time.

Now I gotta get back to working on my big drum solo.