i didnt think I'd get all these responses!!
it all sounds very interesting espsh. running the juke box from a .ACC and the 'pumpII' looks like all it needs is a program/code for the ST in order to run.
my only problem (small one) is that in my orignal thought was for the STe in my studio which is running cubase and has every port used in order to run extra midi ins/outs, but then as has been said a device like the 'pumpII' could become another scsi device. but it rules out the printerport for me.
anyway from the look of it we could get encoding as well as playback which is more than i bargined for!! :^)
anyone got any idea how much this 'pumpII' costs? i didnt bother with the german site as i'm not that hot at german but the english page didnt say a price ?
would it be possible to use the STe's own outputs?