Hi Flyer,
i'm afraid that it is not possible as you want it to handle the pads. TMO it is only working in a sequence. If really needed you could record a pad starting from the beginning when you record a single track (ctrl-track) with starting a pad. Like an (empty) sequence. Otherwise I think it's the challenge to use all those buttons in real play. That's why a keyboardist have to handle all those keys AND all those buttons, and I assure you that is not as easy as it like, is not it?
Cees