i'm looking for a pd version of the roland spd-s (sampling pad with 9 drum / percussion playing surfaces) patching system (assigning sounds to pads, being able to create mute groups, having a possibility to have the velocity have an effect or not etc). anyone out there who has sth like that lying around? if not, i'll try to build one. i'll use it as an abstraction, which brings me to another question: i understood abstractions take creation arguments. could i implement something that will have the creation arg be the name of the patch, and save its settings? would that be a rrad sort of approach? as you can see, i've picked up some info here and there, but i don't really know what i'm talking about. de klok en de klepel... any help would be much appreciated! cheers, robbert

ps does anyone on the list happen to be at the banff centre at the moment or in the time till 2 nov?