Originally Posted By: rockstar_not
Those suckers CAN be programmed, however, to automate lots of things in your studio. Not just for clip based music and composition.


True! Although, just about any MIDI device can be programmed to automate things in your studio, from lights to coffee maker to feeding your cat (ok, maybe not that one). As long as you have some software running waiting for MIDI commands, you can do that. (Note; I have not tried automating my coffee maker with MIDI, do so at your own risk)

Originally Posted By: eddie1261
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Anyone who doubt's Mr. Rudess's actual musical skills need only to see his charts he uses for when he is playing with Dream Theatre.




As both a keyboardist and Dream Theater fan, the above image looks correct.

Originally Posted By: eddie1261
That clip is actually the Ableton Push, and comparison videos I quickly researched say they are somewhat similar but yet not.


Ah yes, I missed that. They are close enough for comparison in this case - the Push being a bit more programmable in hardware, and also supporting velocity sensitivity (the Launchpad, or at least the original versions, didn't do velocity). I'm out of the loop on that kind of device these days, so I'm still going on what I remember from working at the local music shop up to 2014.

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