after learning a bit about programming for MIOS and liveapi, i decided to ditch my original live control surface idea.  it used no feedback of any kind from live.  this new one is completely integrated into live as a custom control surface like mackie, but better than mackie in the sense that more information is exchanged, and virtually anything is mapped automatically without even thinking about it. the drawing is of the bankable 4-track section of the controller.  i left off the master sect