Yeah the scale/chord stuff can just be ignored, but it's a shame that feature got in there when an expression pedal input did not. My CTRL49 has one.
However, if it's a similar key feel to the Code or CTRL, I'm interested. As featherweight actions go, I'm partial to it.
Will have to see if they used the same plastic density as the CTRL, which does not readily flex. The Code tended to, apparently.
I guess VIP is well and truly dead, as it's not bundled here, nor is it noted as a ready-to-map controller.