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Korg KAOSSILATOR

Item ID: 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!

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Specification Detail
Sound Engine Type(s) ROM, Modeling
Number of Presets 100
Expansion No Expansion
Number of Effects 0
Effects Types No Effects
Arpeggiator Yes
Sampling No (Loop/Rec of Internal Sounds/Performance)
MIDI Sequencer No Sequencer
USB No USB
Number of Audio Inputs 0
Audio Input Types No Audio Inputs
Number of Audio Outputs 3
Audio Output Types 2 x RCA, 1 X 1/8" (Headphone)
Number of Digital Inputs 0
Digital Input Types No Digital Inputs
Number of Digital Outputs 0
Digital Output Types No Digital Outputs
MIDI I/O No MIDI
Height 1.14"
Width 4.17"
Depth 5.08"
Weight .34 lbs.
Power Supply 4 x AA Batteries, AC Adapter Optional
Manufacturer Part Number KO1

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based on 9 reviews

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 [-]

This thing is freakin AWESOME.

by Chris from New Mexico
June 20, 2008
Music Background: Hobbyist
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 [-]

Fun!

by Chris from louisville
May 8, 2008
Music Background:
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 [-]

Wonderous

by r. dekoch from San Francisco
March 28, 2008
Music Background: Electronic Musician, Visualist
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 [-]

Kaoss in the hand.

by Paulo Mazarek Jr. from Seattle, WA
March 21, 2008
Music Background: Recording Hobbyist
I played extensively with this thing when a Korg representative demonstrated it at the local big guitar store in ProAudio. Evidently they are having worldwide problems keeping this thing in stock, as... read more [+] it was released a few months earlier in Europe. It's really amazing especially for its reasonable pricetag. I'm primarily a guitar and bass player but do experimental music, my Kaossilator is on order and I can't wait for it. The outs are stereo RCA only and the guy admitted it flies through batteries pretty quickly. Another negative is it's lack of memory or programability, they could have seemingly easily put an SD card slot in or compact flash, they probably will wait until later models though. Like most Korg stuff, even though the body is plastic it seems well made enough and the touchpad is sensitive and accurate. It boasts an array of sounds an even an amateur electro-musician like me can make impressive noise quickly. I can't wait to get mine, this thing is taking over the world of electronic music! Another great job by Korg. close [-]
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