RE: The Grid - Bitwig's modular system

It is very much that and it takes time to learn how it all works. The great thing though is that there are some key fundamentals with this system. It has 3 grids, the note grid, poly grid and FX grid - you don't need to build everything this way though, there are tonnes of instruments and patches to use straight away.

Panic buttons do exist in some synths, but not in all - always add a limiter somewhere on the signal chain or be ready to tweak the levels very quickly if the audio spikes.