He used old laptop trackpads to control note on and note off commands when the each pad is tapped, and also added MIDI CC values for the touch pressure and the x and y-axis position. The trackpads ...

Both are essentially blank pads that you put modules on top ... You can still use the Play as a standalone MIDI controller without the app. But you’ll have to know how to customize the controls ...

This deal’s for the standalone version ... We admired the Push controller when we used it, calling out the usefulness of the 64 MPE enabled pads and the power of the integrated 11th Core i3 ...