To Michal:
i see your point on the "openness", and thanks for that link. i doubt Ableton will release it's source code, at least until they figure out how to "open Live", as Gerhard mentioned, and still have enough income for 100 employees. It'll be a good day when Live users will be able to customize it's GUI as necessary. As far as Pluggo goes, it has been discontinued but reappears in Max4Live :o, .

To Hans:
Jack is definitely a great tool but, like i said, i don't know how it handles midi, or how about OSC? i have to read more on the subject before i can have an actual opinion.

To justin:
Can ardour be customized as a performance tool (which is abletons key feature IMO)

Thanks for your input, fellas.

Jeff