When faced with a user interface problem, perhaps you should consider changing the interface.
Fun band. Fun video.
Here’s a preview of the other upcoming bit of noisemaking gear from Mutable Instruments (the other I posted the other day).
Via Palm Sounds.
Both the Anushri (in the video above) and the forthcoming Akimba from Mutable Instruments look very much worth watching. Olivier is a master at doing a lot with a little. My Shruthi-1 and Sidekick are little bundles of analog goodness (or, for the former, analog-digital hybrid).