From the Knob16 team

PadFX4

Performance FX pads for live control.

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What it does

XY Mode

Two independent axes. X and Y map directly to separate MIDI CCs — full 0–127 range per axis, zero dead zones. Sweep two parameters simultaneously with one finger.

QUAD Mode

Four corners, four CCs, one touch point. Position drives a real-time inverse-distance-squared blend — move toward a corner and its signal dominates. Continuous, smooth, physical.

MIDI + Touch

USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi MIDI — all three, same as Knob16. Connects to any DAW or hardware that speaks MIDI. No drivers, no setup. Touch and go.

Scene Switching

Switch pad scenes mid-performance without dropout. Each scene stores pad mode, CC mapping, and value ranges. Built for live sets where setup time is zero.

Pad modes

XY

2-point · Direct axis

Classic XY control surface. Each axis is a direct, linear mapping to its CC — no weighting, no interpolation. Precise, predictable, fast.

CHANNELS 2  ·  AXES X, Y  ·  RESOLUTION 7-bit

QUAD

4-corner · Inverse-distance² weighting

Four signal sources at four corners. Touch position calculates a real-time weighted blend using inverse distance squared — physically intuitive, musically expressive.

CHANNELS 4  ·  AXES X, Y combined  ·  ALGORITHM 1/d²

Early access

Be first to play it.

PadFX4 launches in 2026. Knob16 owners get priority access.