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Trigger Finger Or Flat Boy?

I'm looking for something to use to add some flair to my percussion/drum loops, and I'm stuck between getting the M-Audio Trigger Finger or the KeyFax Flat Boy. They're both roughly the same price and can do mostly the same stuff. I guess the advantage that the Trigger Finger has is that it has real sliders whereas the Flat Boy has virtual ones that are accessed by the rotary dial. The advantage the Flat Boy is being able to function as a graphics pad (and I do graphic design as well).

Anyone use either/both of these that can give some advice?

Looking For Sample-trigger App

Maybe I'm just daft or otherwise missing something, but of all the music production apps I have I either lack the ability, or the knowledge of, to trigger samples using MIDI input. Basically I want to be able to have several different audio clips that I can 'play' as-is using MIDI interface buttons, and then also have one single audio clip that I can play at different pitches using a MIDI keyboard.

What app or apps can accomplish these relatively simple tasks?

Collaborative Audio Project

After the suggestion of some people at another forum, I came up with a simple site for electronic/computer musicians to share files. The idea is to allow people to upload something they've worked on and post a brief description of how they did it, and others can post reviews of it and then download it and change it/process it in their own way and re-upload it. There's no ultimate goal other than to have a place to share loops, samples, and even full songs with other enthusiats.

Eventually I'm also going to add a login system where you'll have to login to upload and post and will be able to edit previous posts, but for now it's pretty simple.

Anyway, here's the site:

http://audioproject.tk

Arturia Storm 2.0

Anybody else use this app? I'm going to download the demo later and try it out before I buy, but it seems to be an inexpensive alternative to Reason, which I am familiar with. If anybody has used both and can note and strong differences, let me know.