My extremely over the top setup

I realized today that my setup has gotten to be very over the top but I had fun and learned a lot about Ableton when making it so I figured I'd share. The way it works is that I start on the right and move to the left physically as a project progresses like this:

Experiment with ideas using the Maschine/superior drummer to fingerdrum rhythms, the mic for vocals and the push for chords/bass/harmony stuff. The launchpad is for clip triggering in session view and I have been using the 2 window option on ableton to keep session view on the big monitor along with plugin windows and Chordie(shows sheet music and chord names)
After I have a solid set of clips, if necessary I do sound design on the microfreak
I then use the Ipad/pencil to draw in transitions/other automation in arrangement view. I use the World-E for the crossfader and transport controls as well as some random buttons that i drew labels on with stickers
I then do my mixing/mastering with the launch control for the standard track faders/knobs and I use the World-E's 1st/2nd banks of faders/knobs for drums and the master track. If I need to mess with devices such as EQ/compressor I use the 4th bank knobs on the World-E or sometimes just the push(This is an exception to the whole right to left thing)

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