No need for a new project. Performance mixers have been a thing for a long time and affordable models exist from roland, korg, pioneer and others.
TE just shrank the thing to an unusable size and slapped on their pricetag.
TE just shrank the thing to an unusable size and slapped on their pricetag.
My two gripes with it are the minimal MIDI implementation and the tiny knobs for my thick fingers.