cry wolf, plenty of people need 8x5 launch pad section + more, heaps of people buy an apc40 and then an apc20 just for extra clip launchers, all just depends how complex you set it up, personally i dont need that many yet and with the knobs, look at that as a good thing, imagine if they could only turn 45 degrees left and right, it wouldnt give you very precise adjustment possibility's on certain effects/parameters if you want i can trade you novation launchpad