bloom

one more idea for performance mode. to have a better overview about wich kind of instrument is in a row, it would help a lot if each current playing track (clip in ableton live) is blinking to the same rhythm of its containing notes. just like the korg electribes. there every single pad / instrument is blinking individually as well and so you’re roughly able to tell which is which. a kick track blinks different than a snare track or pad track. i always missed that on all ableton live controllers, especially if they don’t have a screen.

i would loooove to see a new launch and performance mode too.
please in addition to the current song mode, it is sometimes helpful. for performance you could press song and track buttons. when both are blue it is enabled.

even if tracks / instruments would stay horizontal, this will help extremely for orientation (but one horizontal line need to be a fixed instrument, each pad in this line could be a different variation). then we can see at least 8 instruments at once and 128 tracks / variations. now there are just 8 variations or tracks at once. although i prefer to see 16 vertical instruments at once, too.

different launch quantisations would be necessary too in performances.

+1 disillusioning issue

+1 for an alternative real Ableton clip launch mode (16 tracks x 8 clips to see/play/perform at once)!