★ the right size!★ love the pad feeling!★ great Encoders 6x3=18!★ Xjam Editor opens its magic!★ channel and poly Aftertouch!!!

I was going to get the Maschine Mikro, but thought I would give the Xjam a try as it is much more compact and would fit in my gig bag. I was blown away by the quality of the item. The pads are great and very responsive. The product is solidly bulit and is of the highest quality. The top is aluminum and the rest is plastic.I am a pianist and wanted this item to serve as a means to record drum tracks. It has a MIDI out as well which I could use to connect to other equipment.I use a Macbook Pro and was able to easily use it with Logic pro without any issues.

From a light touch to heavy , the responce of these pads are one of the best I've tried and for this price easily the best in class. all pads and rotary knobs and foot switch can have the notes/ cc/ pc etc changed to whatever you like and their veocity curves and feel tweaked to youre hearts delight .eg. notes/ cc/ pc to play synth , vsts , drums (addictive , mdrummer etc )also I have certain midi channel set to reaper shortcuts , xjam can be set to do almost anything in reaper ,eg record ,play , loop , save/ delete, undo redo ,macro actions ,render ,next marker ,insert fx, you can set the pads to do almost anything. the sofware is very good and easy to use .you can program it using the pads which is alittle more difficult but not too bad with a little familiarity.seems to be well made as well .cons : wish it had 32 pads it would be perfect then. my yamaha dtx multi 12 (ancient 2011 and still selling) has 3 layers on each pad which would be great on this . ie different midi signal acording to how hard you hit it .maybe the xl version will have it , would sell like hot cakes and easily be the best out therebuy you won't regret it , simple to use,one of the best for finger drummers.

Ging leider trotzdem zurück, da kein Fortschritt zu meiner älteren Maschine mikro, aber wenn man z.B. für's Finger-Drumming einen KLEINEN aber sensiblen Pad-Kontroller sucht, bei dem sich auch die Notenwerte für die Drums einfach einstellen lassen - in 3Sets a 16 Pads - ist hier gut bedient. Die anschlagdynamischen Pads haben eine Rahmen-Beleuchtung die zeigen, wie fest man auf das Pad "geklopft" hat. Technisch ein erstklassiges Produkt, im Vergleich zur Maschine nur halb so groß, weil eben auf die eine Aufgabe spezialisiert,

So after some installation problems, which seem to have been specific to my computer and not the fault of the Xjam itself or the editor software, I’ve had a few days to practice with it. Coming from the padKontrol, it’s quite small which took a bit to get used to. But it saves on desk space so overall it’s a plus.The pad sensitivity is remarkable. I can get audible sounds at inputs of 1 or 2. I had to dial back the headroom 2 or 3 notches on a few of the pads because I was maxxing out too easily. Once that was done, the unit has a smooth response through the velocities. I haven’t had to adjust the sensitivity at all. Being able to adjust these levels on a per pad basis is great. I just use the straight linear velocity curve so far (number 4). It is a universal, not per pad, curve.As to the rotary encoders. As others have mentioned, mine were jerky and sluggish as well. I contacted support about the initial problems I was having and asked about the encoders. Here is the reponse:"Regarding the encoders:Xjam uses the encoder as midi controller. It covers 20 signal steps within one cycle.If you turn the knob faster, it still sends out 20 midi messages also, but the step between two message is greater than 1. You might find maybe steps 0,6,12,18,…127.I admit, that relative values for Xjam’s controllers is a compromise. We are considering adding relative CC messages for the encoders, but I cannot tell yet, when this feature will be implemented.I have to discuss with the developers if this could be implemented via firmware or if this is rather a feature for a future hardware update."Support from Mike from ESI was prompt and helpful. The issues I was having worked themselves out (computer gremlins I guess). The build quality is excellent. It’s nice to have a no-nonsense controller where you aren’t paying for redundant features or libraries you’ll never use (Maschine and Aura) or redundant DAW integration with so-so pads (Atom).