thanks for all the help everyone. midi yoke - I remember this was mentioned but couldn't remember what it was called - seems to be ideal. I was thinking of linking up fruityloops with pd but it appears that FL can only be configured as 'master', so I need to search for another suitable soft sequencer for making quick dirty electro loops in sync. cheers,
matt
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For the archives:-
HUBI's MIDI loopback device: http://www.sonicspot.com/hubismidiloopbackdevice/hubismidiloopbackdevice.htm l
MIDI yoke: http://www.midiox.com/
Jaltoh's Thalamus VST: http://jaltoh.6x.to/