hey there. i just got one of these small ones. it is a nice mini keyboard and the pads are really fine. some drawbacks in there, though. would be great if Novation enables more custom slots for using it as standalone, this way you could program different configs on the components app and then place into these slots, now we can use only one custom slot at a time, so every time you want to apply some changes you need to connect the unit to the computer, open the app, send the config, and start again…
also great would be to have the chance to set the tempo in a more accurate way, when using the app and the midi out to control other machines, you never know in which tempo are you playing, since the unit does not have midi in, hence we cannot set the tempo properly. a roundabout may be to use the pads, i.e. pad 1 = 40bpm, pad 2 = 50bpm, pad 3= 60… pad 8= 120bpm…pad 16= 220bpm etc, etc… this way at least we can have a guide when controlling ext gear.
maybe it is to ask too much for a cheap keyboard but… i am sure Novation can do it