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HijoDMaite,
I wanted to explain something about that controller, all controllers actually.
It's all in how you set it up. You could program ableton to put an entire drum rack across the piano keys so each key is a different drum sound, you could think of each octave as different kit when you set it up so every C is a kick and every c# is a snare and so on.
then the drum pads could be split between triggering scenes and the other half programmed to have all notes in key with each other so no matter the pattern you'd write melodies that stayed in key.
then the knobs can also be used to control volume pitch etc, 2 knobs can simulate an XY pad manipulating the modulation and pitch of a sample loop or intsrument the same way korgs xy pads work on their padkontrol and nano series models.
i guess what i'm saying is don't think you have to play the drums with the pads or melodies with the piano keys and adjust levels with the knobs. the beat fader shown above can be set to a knob, i've done it, it's nuts and hard to use, but i know it works.
i think the first rule of controllerism, if there are any, is fuck the rules, i'll program my controller as i see fit.
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