Oh I wasn't trying to show of. I am also learning as I am doing it. I think I am so happy to have this working that I had to say it.
It's really a pain when you are a newbee like me and you don't have any pictures to look at in a tutorial. I think I will take the time to do a small one with picts.
Making it talk to Max is also my next step after the capacitive thing. I hope I will be as lucky. Your midi idea might be a good one actually.
Are you going to try with this tutorial ?
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/MIDIOutput