James, Julien, Marv-- If you are into improvisation, you might try FreeWheeling. Though it's more of a performance environment than a composition environment, it gives you immediate audio feedback and the ability to easily play and layer loops without needing mouse & visuals. As you improvise, you can stream your mix out with time markers for later editing, and you can (auto) save the individual loops you create too. Like Marv, I do much of my music work with my hands off the mouse and eyes off the monitor, so this thread is interesting for me. Kind Regards, Mercury