Looks fire 🔥 never used one

I have the MiniLab 2 (sliders on the right are more knobs). I use it all the time, especially for entering a tune. I use ABC notation (which makes it easy to self publish songbooks). I am on Fedora 38, and use software like Qsynth, Ardour, and VMPK as well as abcMIDI, timidity and abcm2ps. I recently installed Sooperlooper and hope to try using it for something like what Kiffness does. I use a full sized keyboard for actual performance and recording.

The pads are typically mapped to drumkit stuff. They are a little hard (have to hit them hard to get a response) for my taste. Maybe you're supposed to use a drumstick (which I don't have). I haven't figured out what to do with knobs yet. Probably intended for volume of tracks on a looper.

The keys are organ feel (no weights or snap). They are reduced size: 14.5 cm / octave (full size is 16cm / octave).

It is plug and play on linux. There is no synth or audio in the unit - it is strictly a compact MIDI input device that can sit next to your laptop.