PaulS, thanks very much for lending your ears - it really is appreciated.
Firstly, a massive error in that original post: I had meant to say 5V instead of 9V, as in the 5V terminal from the Arduino BT supplied from the battery pack.
I was using another resistor as I was following the other tutorial (link above)... however, without having a full grasp on the circuits perhaps this is not the best tutorial to follow. The FSR I am using is this: http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/force-sensitive-resistor-square-p-566.html ... As far as I'm aware this only has two legs. So now I am very confused!! All i am trying to achieve is a max patch (I'm using the standard Arduino2Max max patch) that reads an analog value from the Arduino, representative of the pressure exerted on the FSR. thus far no luck!!
Any further thoughts/ideas would be excellent.
Thanks a bunch
Armagideontime