SoftStep 2 : Very capable, slim device.

To be short, I am very glad that I'd bought this one a year ago.

I am using it to control Mod Duo X processor, where i had to assign quite a lot of params to external midi pedals.

I found KMI Sofstep2 to be very configurable and capable of doing everything I wanted.

Some people say that it is hard to configure, but first of all midi stuff always has some learning curve, and I bet they had not tried to program something like Behringer fcb1010, where software is a complete abomination, and it still cannot do even some basic things.

For the downsides - pay attention that some functions are available only in a hosted mode (when you need to run KMI's editor software on your pc, and connect your DAW using virtual midi port)

Refer to "Differences between Hosted and Standalone mode" section of the softstep2 manual on that, to understand if it is something vital you can miss.

Also this giant button on the right is not an expression pedal replacement as you can expect.

Only small buttons can do that pressure-imitated expression control.

These pressure sensitive buttons are quite interesting, and usable, but feedback is not equal to the regular expression pedal, so you have to get used to it. I am personally quite happy with it, but I cannot say that everybody would be satisfied by controlling wah with these buttons for example. Seems like it would depend a personal perception.

Anyway you still can connect a regular expression pedal to Softstep.

To conclude, I am happy with this device and use it every day.