all red keys = midi channel 2, so I can see from looking at the keyboard, what midi channel I'm in (not a great use of it is it?!!). In reality, I've almost never used this function, other than to pretend to others when demoing it that this educational function is the real reason I bought it, when in reality, I was just totally suckered by those flashy lights! Which, don't get me wrong, do look VERY cool in a darkened studio! The only time I use the light guide now is (1) for purely shallow reasons, I leave the lights in some flashy, but meaningless configuration when someone comes into my home studio to elicit the all-important 'ooh' (2) I have different light/midi configurations, e.g. non-scale keys will not light up/play), and you can set up some unusual scales to help you learn them). In retrospect, I think I undoubtedly convinced myself before buying it that I was not just buying flashy lights, but that those lights actually were useful (for example, you can set up the light guide so that it helps teach you certain scales - e.g. But you've touched a nerve here, so excuse the long post/venting! I do feel strongly about it, and want to help you not make the same mistakes/assumptions that I did. I have somewhat mixed feelings, but mainly negative about the komplete kontrol (s88).
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