Abletons live is a bit more than switching on/off loops, which can be done with mentioned software very well right now. It got an incredible fast workflow in its UI and features. You can throw audio loops with different tempi and Live analyses and sync them with realtime timestretching. Although I have a problem with open source tend to doubling existing software instead inventing new stuff, I really would like to see simular approach in the open source Linux world. > For all we know, there is someone out there right now working > on the same thing, but better, and for Linux. > Can you elaborate on that? Sounds interesting. Cheers, Malte -- Malte Steiner media art + development -www.block4.com- Konform live 21.may ZMF Berlin, Germany New release: Notstandskomitee track for compilation 12" 'world of disorder' on http://www.disorder-records.de more at blog 4, also available as rss feed: http://java.block4.com/blog4/