Hi gang! I've tested the Softpot, and they extremelly cool for making a ribbon controller! they have 100Kohms and 6' long (26cm). The X/Y Pad ... thats another story... since they dont have a datasheet (at least i couldnt find one on theyr website, but i'm requesting the pinout of the pad) i cant figure the way it works... they sended me some flyers talking about the x/y pad and there was a pic with the simbols of 2 variable resistors and 2 pushbuttons, but since there are 7 pins and no pinout i couldnt (yet) figure it out... i'm going to request the datasheet or pinout to the seller. For use with midibox... the softpot doesnt seem very good...since its always off until you touch the pot, then according to the place you press it gives you a resistance. If you touch the beggining it reads 0 ohms and the end 100kohms, if you slide your finger the readings go up and down, just like a ribbon controller. I'm not going to use it on the midibox project, but instead i'm going to build an electrotheremin using the ribbon controller to control the pitch and a simple pot for the volume. regards all!