After attempting to assign drum sounds to all eight pads on the ControlPad, I have realized that one of the pads just doesn’t work at all. Dammit. So now I’ve gotta send the damn thing back and get an exchange. The thing is so fun, though, that I’m considering not doing it. But it’d be stupid not to. I’m gonna need that eighth pad someday.

EDIT: another thing I realized really quickly was that a C5 MIDI note in FL Studio 7 (which is MIDI note 72) corresponds to a C4 (MIDI note 60) on the ControlPad. The only reason I was able to figure this out was by trial and error. I had no idea the thing would be an entire octave down from what the software is expecting. Hmm. Very confusing. I’m guessing that the last pad not working isn’t something I can figure out by trial and error since I’ve been messing w/ it for the last hour.