I just wanted to let everyone know that I have made a couple of improvements to the mixer.
First, I added "hotkey" control for some of the buttons - thanks Jan!
Mute buttons 1-8 --> number keys `1`-`8` *
Master mute --> number key `9`
Start button --> <Spacebar>
Stop button --> <Enter> (uh oh...Macs have "Return" keys don`t they :O)
* Just a note about the mute button "hotkeys": If you hit 2 keys simultaneously, they function as they should (turning 2 mute buttons on/off). Anything more, and one key stroke may not be recognized. What I did is sort of got a finger roll down with a few milliseconds between each hit and it worked fine. I`ve only tested this on 2 machines, so it might work better for some than others. It might also have to do with the "keyboard" reponse settings in your OS.
Second, I added a small workaround to help the sync problem some people have had. A couple of loops may still be off by a little, but it appears to have greatly improved the syncing!
Please let me know if you have any problems with it. Once I get this version working pretty solid, I`m going to move onto phase 2 of this project
Matt