controls, so the inclusion of four multi-function knobs is actually a pleasant surprise. These knobs don't assist with navigation or editing, but for direct access to key parameters such as filter cutoff, resonance, envelope amount and release, they're ideal. Push a button and they switch into user‑programmable roles, so you can tailor them precisely to your needs. Another push and the knobs forget how needy you are and become arpeggiator controls for parameters such as gate time, tempo, and so forth.
In common with the M50, there's still one more outing for our overworked knobs — external control. With over 100 external setups to choose from, such as tweaking an Arturia Minimoog's filter or the mixer controls on Ableton Live, those knobs won't know what hit them!