Nice write up. I've never heard of the Alesis F2, but I'll keep an eye out for one. I bought the m-audio expression pedal. It's cheaper but I'm not entirely happy with it: http://www.zzounds.com/item--MDOEXP The main problem is that there is no enough friction, It's a bit "floppy" for my tastes. The FCB1010 pedals feel just right to me. In it's favor, the M-audio pedal never seems to need calibration and always sends the correct range of values. -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://www.myspace.com/artsimon