Alright … a question to my favorite moderation team (tied with the chaps at NI)…
Straight up…
Why would I want a midi fighter? I’m a controller whore…I’ll buy whatever…but why do I want it?
Right now I play out with a vci-100se (arcade modded) and nanopad. I have no issues with the setup.
I also have Maschine, apc40, and a remote sl25 (ohhh and uc-33e that i’m trying to sell). What would I want a midi-fighter for?
HELP ME! SELL ME ON THIS!!!
I couldn’t afford an VCI arcade, maschine, apc, or remote sl25, the nanopad doesnt feel right, the uc-33e doesnt have buttons.
Chilly: You don’t need a midifighter. More for the rest of us! 
If that doesn’t sell, I don’t know what should/could.
Honestly, Chilly, I doubt you’d need one. Though, none of those controllers would LOOK like a MIDI Fighter, and no piece of gear in my collection gets more looks or questions than my MIDI Fighter, which is really basic, but sexy.
And why would you want it? You’d have something almost no one else would have. And it’s got arcade buttons. And you could look awesome checking your email while spinning 
apart from the obvious of ‘how cool is that?!!’ i’m not sure. i could only think of functions for 12 of the buttons tbh
however, i’m gonna wait for the next version mentioned in the homepage article, and my nanopad arrived today - 12 buttons and not enough scenes for all the x/y ideas i want to try, almost perfect for what i want right now
Will we be able to download this picture from the Mappings page?
If he’s willing to share.
Can anyone tell me if the digital extensions would support a rotary encoder if it was put across two terminals?
I wouldn’t be using it for scratching, but selecting songs and effects.
It wont support a rotary on release, however firmware will be made available to allow two rotary encoders to replace the digital inputs.
Upgrading the firmware on these is super easy, you simply hold down the four corner buttons then power the unit up, the LEDs display a pattern to indicate that it is in upgrade mode and then you run the upgrade software, select one option, click ‘connect’, select the file you want to upgrade with and then click ‘run’. Sorted, all via USB so no com port / cable issues to worry about.
Muuuhaaahaaahaaa!!!
I’ve got an Akai MPD18, which is pretty much a midi fighter with memory banks, a note repeat option, and a fader attached, but I’m getting a MF anyway. Why, you might ask? Partly because I can, partly because it looks so much better, but mostly because the Akai pad is mapped for a two deck set up, and with the midi fighter next to it, I’d easily be able to expand to a four deck set up (when I get a new laptop with TPro). Right now I’ve got the pads on Cue points 1-4 for decks A and B as well as turning effects on and off when I hold down the pads. (much like in the cue chords video) With the midi fighter next to it, I’d be able to do with with all four decks + fx banks without a shift modifier or one of the other memory banks.