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Rick Baumhauer
While it's impossible to get everything as conveniently-located as on a T-series or P-series keyboard, there are solutions to positioning the P1 optimally. This took many hours of research and shopping around, plus taking too much advantage of Amazon's generous return policy, but I'm happy with how I got things arranged.
I had to find some sort of stand to raise the M32 above the Korg, of just the right height, and eventually found one that was also a 4-port USB3 hub with 2-port USB charger. The https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Notebook-Monitor-STAND-V001N/dp/B00M0W4RSC/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-rsf-ajax1_0?cv_ct_cx=vivo+laptop+stand&dchild=1&keywords=vivo+laptop+stand&pd_rd_i=B00M0W4RSC&pd_rd_r=0a9f84ab-0e96-4cff-bbe9-c57387b400d7&pd_rd_w=ZFGoH&pd_rd_wg=7HVqt&pf_rd_p=5c711241-c674-4eef-b21c-fe6add670f33&pf_rd_r=2PM64ZHASMH4NM5D1GNM&psc=1&qid=1612807012&sr=1-1-e30f047d-8e3c-4340-8179-6a77ce88d756 (stand for the P1) took even more research and hunting around - it's exactly the right size, only requiring a bit of foam stripping to keep the P1 from sliding forward due to the unfortunate angle of the front of the bottom case. The angle of the stand is adjustable if you need more vertical space between the stand and whatever it's hovering over.
The P1 and T-series are mostly equivalent in DAW control - the P1 has more physical buttons, but I think the T-series has the same functionality via a sort of "shift" button. If you're on a PC, though, the P1's transport buttons can also act as function keys for further configuration (no longer works on the Mac, unfortunately for me). The P1 also has an extra set of 8 knobs right above the faders, in addition to the set of eight that correspond to the eight on the T-series.
On the downside, I did lose the pads on the T-series, and neither of my keyboards have aftertouch, but I'm far from skilled on the keyboard, and I have the little ROLI Block (my gateway back into MIDI madness) if expressiveness is that important.
I had to find some sort of stand to raise the M32 above the Korg, of just the right height, and eventually found one that was also a 4-port USB3 hub with 2-port USB charger. The https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Notebook-Monitor-STAND-V001N/dp/B00M0W4RSC/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-rsf-ajax1_0?cv_ct_cx=vivo+laptop+stand&dchild=1&keywords=vivo+laptop+stand&pd_rd_i=B00M0W4RSC&pd_rd_r=0a9f84ab-0e96-4cff-bbe9-c57387b400d7&pd_rd_w=ZFGoH&pd_rd_wg=7HVqt&pf_rd_p=5c711241-c674-4eef-b21c-fe6add670f33&pf_rd_r=2PM64ZHASMH4NM5D1GNM&psc=1&qid=1612807012&sr=1-1-e30f047d-8e3c-4340-8179-6a77ce88d756 (stand for the P1) took even more research and hunting around - it's exactly the right size, only requiring a bit of foam stripping to keep the P1 from sliding forward due to the unfortunate angle of the front of the bottom case. The angle of the stand is adjustable if you need more vertical space between the stand and whatever it's hovering over.
The P1 and T-series are mostly equivalent in DAW control - the P1 has more physical buttons, but I think the T-series has the same functionality via a sort of "shift" button. If you're on a PC, though, the P1's transport buttons can also act as function keys for further configuration (no longer works on the Mac, unfortunately for me). The P1 also has an extra set of 8 knobs right above the faders, in addition to the set of eight that correspond to the eight on the T-series.
On the downside, I did lose the pads on the T-series, and neither of my keyboards have aftertouch, but I'm far from skilled on the keyboard, and I have the little ROLI Block (my gateway back into MIDI madness) if expressiveness is that important.