X-Touch Mini : EDIT: This thing rocks, actually!

EDIT: I've had this thing sitting on my desk rent free for a good long while now and i've figured out how to 'program' this thing using remote scripting in ableton. With some effort you can make this thing do pretty much whatever you want. I've set mine to dynamically switch to midi parameters of selected devices, it can launch specific plugins, it becomes a single channel mixer, etc. It's magical.

even without that, it's great to just midi-map things and give it to a not-so-technical band member.

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Below is the original review:

I was looking for something with some endless rotary knobs so that when i launch clips in ableton, the knobs jump to the position of any modulation on the clip. These are fairly hard to find or expensive. This little box is cheap and does the trick.

I've seen people use it in video's and it automagically conforms to the DAW and can control VST's. I assume it uses automap. I haven't found a way to do this yet, and that annoys me.

The setup therefore is as simple as any midi controler with knobs and no proprietary software, but it would be nice to have some software control on it.

Buildquality is what you'd expect. Plastic but durable. Knobs and buttons seem fine, but i haven't been abusing it yet.

Form factor is nice and small. could have been slightly smaller so it fits with novation's launchpads but oh well...