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Korg KAOSSILATOR

Handheld Synthesizer Pad with Touchpad, Battery Power, 100 sounds, Loop Recording, Gate Arpeggiator, and 31 Scale Patterns

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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
  • Scale/key setting
  • Gate Arpeggiator
  • Loop Recording function

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:
  • Portable battery-powered synthesizer
  • Ultra-compact body
  • Synth, sound effects, and drum sounds
  • 100 sound programs
  • 31 scale patterns
  • 50 types of gate arpeggiation.
  • Loop Recording


The Korg Kaossilator puts great synth sounds and intuitive operation in the palm of your hand!
Specification Detail
Dimensions 4.17 x 5.08 x 1.14 in
Weight 5.23 ounces (.33 lbs)

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inSync Review

by: Jim McGowan
Korg has fulfilled an untouched niche with the Kaossilator. There are a lot of funny-looking little boxes on the market that perform all sorts of weird little tricks, but none are as fun as the Kaossi... read more

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Charlie Davis
It is hard to believe that something as small as the Korg Kaossilator could do much more than your average effects box, but it will go way beyond your expectations. There are so many different sounds, all of which are easy to access and record, that it is a simple and affordable solution for anyone looking for a new synth/sampler.
Matt Emick
If you're looking for a zen musical experience look no further! The Kaossilator is an amazing synth full of tons of great patches, all with a very intuitive and unique interface. Hours of enjoyment in a tiny yellow box.
Luke Herian
Ridiculously fun and addictive! That's all you need to know about the Kaossilator.

Great sounds, VERY easy to use.

by Bob from St. Charles, Missouri
July 31, 2008
Music Background: Hobbyist
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.

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 [-]
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