I dont know too much about midi CC messages.
Are you going to control effects with the pads while playing keys, instead of using them for drumming?
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No. Basically, it would be to trigger notes.But not random notes, but completely routed notes.This means that a note will be linked to an instrument, and that instrument will be written on a specific track.
This is possible through a module called FavTouch that is inside the PhraseTouch tool. Thus, from a MIDI pad, you direct each note so that it is recorded exactly where you want it (instrument and track). And not only that. PhraseTouch has 16 note panes. And they are all mappable. In this way, it is possible to take a panel of notes, route it to a specific instrument, and also to a specific track. With just a click of the mouse you can change the track, where the notes panel will sound. Thus, it is possible to play the same instrument on specific tracks to test different chains of DSP effects.The advantage of all this is that it becomes very fast.
PhraseTouch is possibly one of the best recent tools to test notes, or even play phrases simultaneously. You can also shoot the same note from different instruments at the same time, and route them all on the same track or on different tracks. PhraseTouch can give you an idea of what can be done with scripting to fit a specific MIDI keyboard. What I want to say is that it would not be very difficult for me to create a very specific tool for a MIDI X keyboard.
And for that, apart from being able to change the MIDI channel all the black and white keys, combine that the pad of 16 pads can also do it, if possible with the push of a button, not with an operation that involves 3 steps, which is what possibly happens with the M-Audio Code 61.Possibly, this keyboard model is the best on the market in features - price.And apparently, the material quality is not bad.
There was a guy called Finnishcoffe , what has a M-Audio Code 49:https://forum.renoise.com/t/renoise-with-obs-studio-videos/48068
Put Renoise together with a good MIDI controller keyboard, and if you need to add tools with scripting, you can achieve many things.Even so, the available API needs a revision, both with the BMP textures, and with the VSTi plug-in windows. It all has to do with graphic performance. Any of these parts can annoy the workflow. That’s why I’m determined to know the limitations of the hardware. Apparently M-Audio put a lot of effort into the Code series.