software run hardware looper(fx)?

[Kriist@aol.com]

does anybody know of a company that makes a hardware interface for 
software 
dsp(not like kyma)
more like a box with a bunch of knobs on it, that one can(usnig a 
computer)generate dsp algorithms that can be uploaded to the box, and the 
used as such(like the nordmodular keyboard)
perhaps even 'presets' stored in the box itself
its seems like such a good idea, somebody must be making something like 
that
maybe even a MAXbox(that can give realtime control over the programs, just 
without the mac, just the box)

thanks

rodrigo