to chime in on my own request (thanks to all who answered) besides the musiccontroller, i've also found darwiinoscremote, which seems to work fine. free & open source, avaialble at http://code.google.com/p/darwiinosc/downloads/list > i use this one on os x: > > http://code.google.com/p/musiccontroller/ nothing like it on windoze though ... thanks again rene