Selfpreservatiom made an interesting point about not using bent instruments live. It crossed my mind about potentially blowing horns playing a bent instrument through them but I kinda brushed that off. I'm with Paul though on being "old school" about my hardware. Maybe I'm too stubborn to get past the learning curve with all the overproduced fill in the box software or maybe I just like to spend all my hard earned money on something I can touch, but I love twisting knobs, flipping switches and pushing buttons.
I just picked up a Boss DR. 550 MKI I planned on using on stage after I bent it IF I can some good stuff out of it. I'm sure I'll bring some more stuff up there as well. As cool as dubstep is, or how badass Kraftwerk is, I know I'M not gonna pay good money to watch a couple assholes stand on stage with laptops when I could be watching some maniac up there freaking out on a bent "obsolete" piece of electronic equipment.