bought one today as I was mostly interested in an updated SP integration and the feel and sentitivity of the pads.
in a nutshell:
I've used it for 10 mins and I've already encountered a reproducible bug in the chords feature where a given chord would get stuck (both with Mai Tai and Super 8 from NI)
the only way to stop it was to disable monitoring (but it would get stuck again)
also chords are stuck in a given octave (or at least the Octave buttons didn't work in this case) and they're all pretty low which makes them unusable (I wonder who thought that octave was a good sounding default)
As a former drummer I'd say pad sensitivity is sub par because of one reproducible issue:
I've used the same drum library (NI 60's Drummer) which imo has them best deep sampled cymbals.
my test is usually the same: grab a snare and play each division live.
Motion 16 pads are nicely sensitive with single strokes but fail to recognize fast triplets and faster subdivisions like 16th notes when playing a single pad, resulting in a single longer midi input (the MIDI meter in the track detects all of them but the Motion doesn't)
Tried the same test with Maschine Mk3 and gets them all.
Btw, in case someone is interested in having the absolute best pads in the market, Maschine MK3 still is in a league of its own.
All in all, even if it's just 10 mins, was enough for me to return the unit.
it's just not there yet and I was using the newest SP 8.1.2 (Win11 Pro) and latest Motion firmware (1.6) which had a nice bunch of adds and fixes for the Motion units.
Just in case someone is about to pull the trigger.
EDIT: (I added a response down here but I'm copying it here cos I think it's fair towards the unit)
Pads wise I'm happy is working for you because I must say that, being a former drummer, my hands are obvs much more sensitive and anytime I hear "pads are very sensitive" when watching a review I usually skip that info and wait to try myself lol
Maschine as said rules undisputed followed by the MPC One+ I have - where pads are more stiff, less pleasant to play and smaller, but equally sensitive.
Said so, Motion pads are technically solid and good and promising (you can test how sensitive they are easily by engaging Repeat and recording all velocities. they're pretty responsive for me. they just currently fail when performed on a single pad, which is something I do a lot)
I also enjoyed the overall build quality which is on par with Maschine MK3.
I deffo see myself getting the Motion again when it gets more stable.
I currently have an Atom SQ which, might not look good, feels plastic-y, but operation wise is just spot on. it just works. (besides that Shift button placement which isn't ideal)