My thoughts are the pipes would be very tempremental when it comes to speed changes. The part where the melody comes from is the chanter, and the bass comes from the drones. You CAN'T have the pipes without the drones. My guess is they would take a hell of a lot of development. With the pipes most people either love or hate them. Personally I don't like a solo piper. I DO LOVE hearing pipes with a nice backing. I'll make up a track using pipes from the V3 expander and biab in the near future