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Korg KAOSSILATORItem ID: KaossilatorHandheld Synthesizer Pad with Touchpad, Battery Power, 100 sounds, Loop Recording, Gate Arpeggiator, and 31 Scale Patterns Get more value at Sweetwater
From Our Research Team:Put Great Korg Synth Sounds in the Palm of Your Hand!The Korg Kaossilator puts a pocket-sized synth in the palm of your hand! Whether you're an accomplished musician or a beginner, you'll get instant results from the Kaossilator. This highly intuitive, interactive instrument lets you create great sounds and phrases by tapping or sliding your finger across its touchpad. You'll find 100 sounds, 31 scale patterns, and 50 kinds of gate arpeggiators packed into its compact chassis. You can make great sounds anywhere, thanks to battery operation. The Kaossilator puts Korg synth sound in your hands!Korg Kaossilator Handheld Synth Pad at a Glance:
Packed with great sounds KAOSSILATOR comes packed with one hundred powerful sound programs that combine Korg's legendary modeling synthesizer engine with the effects from the KAOSS PAD series, making it perfect for any musical genre. The horizontal axis is assigned to note/pitch, while the vertical axis is assigned to parameters such as cutoff, feedback, or modulation depth, giving you a wide range of performance possibilities. In addition to classic synthesizer sounds such as leads, basses, and sound effects, there are sounds that faithfully simulate piano, guitar, and trumpet as well as looped and one-shot drum sounds, making the KAOSSILATOR a never-ending source of inspiration to stimulate your creativity. Scale/key setting The KAOSSILATOR has a scale function that makes it simple to produce accurate pitches that match any musical context. You can choose from 31 different scales including chromatic and diminished, as well as major and minor blues and pentatonic scales. The scale function can be used in conjunction with the key setting function, allowing you to perform in any key. Unusual scales such as Spanish, Ryukyu, and Raga are also provided, letting you create distinctive phrases with an exotic flavor. Gate Arpeggiator The Gate Arpeggiator lets you produce specific patterns of notes in sync with the user specified tempo, greatly expanding your performance options. Simply choose one of the 50 patterns to specify the timing of the notes, and you'll be creating phrases that you've never dreamed of in a flash. Loop Recording Loop Recording allows you to record a phrase with a specified number of beats, and play it back endlessly. For example you can record a phrase using a synth-lead sound, and then layer bass or drum sounds onto it. You can build up layers of cool phrases by simply repeating this cycle of selecting, playing, and recording sounds. Building a groove was never so easy! Korg Kaossilator Handheld Synth Pad Features:
The Korg Kaossilator puts great synth sounds and intuitive operation in the palm of your hand!
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Reviewsbased on 11 reviewsAwesome Product
by David from Logan, UT
I'm primarily a guitarist. But I dabble in electronic music. I mainly stick with Korg products because they impress me so much and are usually a lot of fun to use. This little guy is a power house. I'... read more [+]m interested in mixing synth lines with guitar. While you may not have note accuracy on this, you can select keys and scales. This keeps it useable while jamming. In addition, this keeps you open to creative freedom rather than fidgiting with exactly what note your playing. It also includes ARP patterns which the pro version lacks. If they ever do another version of the PRO I'd like to see them add that feature. It adds a lot more variety to your ARP playing, and you can do it quickly. Even if you aren't a musician and just want a little unit to dink around with and create beats, you wont regret the purchase. Pick it up! close [-]
May 11, 2012 Music Background: Hobbyist Great sounds, VERY easy to use.
by Bob from St. Charles, Missouri
Although it’s small and yellow, this is a serious-sounding synthesizer. The sound is noise-free and very high quality. I agree with other reviewers that the “acoustic” sound group (piano, guitar... read more [+], sax, etc.) aren’t very good, but who cares? You have 90 other great fun sounds to use. If you want a band-in-a-box, get an inexpensive Yamaha keyboard, which have terrific acoustic sounds.July 31, 2008 Music Background: Hobbyist Kaossilator is clearly optimized for either live performing or fun noodling, since it has no way to save the loops you create. It’s also geared towards dance and groove music. Some of the thick patches get so wild and nasty you think your speaker coils might melt. Patch 60, Kaoss Drone, almost made my head explode with its blackboard-scraping distortion. The record and overdub feature quickly becomes addictive. You will soon find yourself layering six or more loops on top of each other, by which time you learn that this kind of turns to mush. Four or five layers seems like a good target for ad-hoc noodling; if you really plan ahead, you could possibly get eight layers to sound clean, but you will have to plan your sounds carefully. As one review suggested, you should definitely download the Easy Start Guide from the Kaossilator support page on the Korg website. It’s written in a fun style – 30 minutes later, you will know how to do EVERYTHING with this amazing little machine. The instructions that actually come with the Kaossilator are most useful for the patch list. close [-] This thing is freakin AWESOME.
by Chris from New Mexico
Picked this little gadget up, hooked it up to an amp, and was jamming out with a band in seconds. This thing is addictively fun, and very easy to use. Anyone can make some cool sounds to go along wi... read more [+]th any type of music. close [-]
June 20, 2008 Music Background: Hobbyist Fun!
by Chris from louisville
I had no idea so much fun could be packed in such a little portable box. This thing is great, especially for those that are keyboard challenged. Simple design, and a surprising amount of options for s... read more [+]o few buttons. close [-]
May 8, 2008 Music Background: Wonderous
by r. dekoch from San Francisco
If I had one of these as a teenager, I wouldn't have been able to sleep. As a musician, I found the recording options limited. You can't save your work, control individual track levels or delete track... read more [+]s. Having said that, it hardly matters because it sounds great, it's intuitive and it's a blast. When I think I'm finally over it, I'll find myself picking it up again. The price is pretty damn good compared to a Tenori-On. close [-]
March 28, 2008 Music Background: Electronic Musician, Visualist Also popular
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