thanks to forum member skatias help i was able to finish this thing and thought someone might at some point find this useful. this patch splits the microphone input over a 7 band equalizer where each spectral ranges volume is controllable through a midi keyboard.

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/midi_eq.pd

I see you use bp~ for this EQ.
Why did you use that? For lower CPU consumption?
What about the sound quality using bp~?

Thanks for sharing.

perhaps he achieved sound he was after!!! ;D if you know what i mean ?

susz0n, yes, I know what you mean.

For those who are looking for info about EQs, here is a very good post:

Best EQ for save CPU load
http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-1687-best-save-cpu-load

There're some guys who explain about bp~, biquad~, vcf~ and, of course, how to reduce CPU usage.