Since I am working up Max patches to control MIDI gear right now. I figured it was time to get a sideline in simple standalone devices working. Based upon http://ruinwesen.com/mididuino, a Hong Kong assembled duemilanove & LCD/encoders from eBay - plus the hard work of many other people...

The point being - last gig I reduced my need to look at the computer screen & I worked on the rotary controller & kaosspad. The next gig will cut back on this even more. Heading towards a box that translates input data from one thing to another and/or outputs data I've stored in there beforehand.