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Loopers, I was thinking about Zoe's velcro fixed laptop and Neil Youngs guitar amp with small built-on engines with mechanical arms reaching down to twist knobs according to his onstage pedal tap dancing. Then emerged this ultimately fresh vision of a looping musician placing his/her laptop on the floor inside some kind of secure velcro frame. Above the keyboard - but behind the screen/lid from the audience viewing point - hoovers a mechanical construction looking like a CYBER SPIDER. Each leg of the spider transports the mechanical movement of a certain physical controller pedal. I think the CYBER SPIDER would easily duplicate the functionality of my way too huge Behringer FCB1010 and also be a lot less heavy for flight transportation. I don't intend to build and produce it (hey - no patent, it's free!!!) but if I should there would certainly be a part in the licensing contract dealing with warranty issues if used with army boots or equal footwear. Anyone having tried building a mechanical looper controller? Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) http://www.myspace.com/looproom