Topic: The joy of the build.
Hi I'm Jeff I first read about the beatbearing on the makezine.com website, and I was blown away. Then when I read that Peter offered a how to I ran out and bought a copy of the zine and started working on my own. You can follow the build process on my blog http://jsavaglio.wordpress.com
Oh I am using Linux as my midi/processing/arduino controll platform so if you have any questions feel free to ask.