Hey guys, for what it’s worth, I grabbed an X-Touch Compact and I absolutely LOVE it. Getting Midas on board for manufacturing was the best move they ever made. This thing feels like a real quality piece of hardware – the faders are incredibly smooth and with 100mm range, there’s plenty a resolution to be truly expressive with the latest crop of VIs - no more tiny cheesy plastic faders for me. And with 2 layers, each fader, button, and knob can essentially do two different things. In CC mode the fader motors are off, which is perfect; with a quick reboot into MC mode, I can use it for touch-sensitive automation writes with full MCU support.
IMO, other than its chunky size and having to power off to reboot, this is the perfect hardware controller for what we do!