You are probably going to hear both...
That's a very personal opinion type of thing. I would say it has it's applications just like everything else out there. I've never used it. I wouldn't know the first thing about it. But I understand some use it for drum tracks with great success.
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't it come with a shitload of CD's with samples on them of everything under the sun so you can put together your own songs, or something like that? More of a hip-hop/rap tool than anything else? I don't know, that's why I am asking...