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Speaking of schleppage, I have the second handicap of not having a car - so I must be able to carry everything I use at once and fit it on public transportation. Since last year's "Found Objects" show, I've been using that kind of setup for live performances. I bring a mixer, two DOD-DFX 94's, a casio sk-1, a microphone and a contact mic. If you combine that with all the junk that I actually make sounds with (an assortment of bottles, office supplies and cat toys), I'm usually carrying about 70 pounds for a few miles whenever I have a show. If I have to bring my PA, that's even worse, since it keeps falling off my ¿!#@$% rolley cart when I'm crossing the street. That's much different from my "Tape Recorder" setup, which all fits in a backpack. But if you want to talk about schleppage nightmares, here's a tank-looking effects board on ebay that weighs 90 pounds! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2514813456&category=7266 re: Laptops Up in San Francisco, there's a buttload of musicians who improvise with laptops. In the upcoming Big Sur Experimental Music Festival, it's the 2nd most common instrument after guitar (10 out of 100 musicians are listed as "laptop"). One of the guys, Peter Nyboer, has been developing a piece of software called "Girl", specifically for live looping and loop-based improvisations. He has it available at http://girl.yowstar.com/. Matt _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail