Product Description

Korg Kaossilator The Korg KAOSSILATOR Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer. A portable synthesizer delivering maximum flexibility in an ultra-compact body, with battery operation that allows you to jam anywhere. The Korg KAOSSILATOR is a new instrument that liberates synthesizer sounds from the keyboard. It gives keyboardists, guitarists, and DJs a convenient way to add fresh new elements to a band performance or to a DJ set, while allowing untrained musical enthusiasts to enjoy an entirely new level of musical involvement and expression. Thanks to its ultra-compact size, battery operation and hooks for attaching a strap, the KAOSSILATOR makes it easy for you to start creating music whenever and wherever inspiration strikes you. 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, 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 like 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. The KAOSSILATOR has a scale function that makes it simple to produce

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3584 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: KORG
• Model: KO1
• Released on: 2009-07-21
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: 1.14" h x 4.17" w x 5.08" l, .34 pounds

Features

• Portable KAOSS effects
• 31 scale patterns

Manufacturer's Description
The KAOSSILATOR is a new pocket sized instrument that packs Korg's world renowned synth sound along with innovative performance features into an ultra-compact unit. Anyone can instantly play musical phrases by simply tapping or sliding their finger across the KAOSSILATOR’s touch pad – no previous skills required! The KAOSSILATOR is a portable, travel friendly device that runs on batteries, so you can have fun creating music anywhere your life takes you, with seemingly endless possibilities.

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Customer Reviews

Art from Kaos
For those of us who are not blessed with a vast array of synths, digital delays, samplers, drum machines etc the KAoSsilator is a fantastic piece of intuitive kit that enables you to whip up some full on funky grooves and then freestyle over the top, or create so truly avantguarde drones, loops and clicks. or drum and bass kaos or rave loops.. you get the idea.
This is not just some kids toy, this has all the the best cherry picked sounds from the Korg database, synths, fat analogue trouser rippers, strings, sound fx, drones etc... in fact there are 100 sounds all easily manipulated by tapping or dragging your fingers across the pad thru the X/Y co-ords.
I've had this a few hours and already I'm knocking out some truly evil beats and grooves off the cuff on the fly, your only limit is your imagination, and for a measly £100 this little box of delights is fantastic value.
Rig this up with the Kaos pad and you're looking at some full on immersive instant sound mash-up.
The Kaossilator isn't just for dance heads, no siree, dip in, you will not be disappointed!
10/10.
Update.......
I've now had the Kaossilator for 3 weeks now, and while 100 sounds may seem a little limited, it's what you do with them that will open up new dimensions, it's really easy to do trancey arpeggiated grooves, this may not be wholly you cup of tea, but if you delve deeper you will be able to create some skittering glitche like hip hop beats that really sound great.
Mess around with the arpeggiator setting while in the drums section and there's 50 more subtle nuanced patterns that will appear, and if you tap/slide across the x/y pad while recording, you can layer up some truly unique beats in now time at all.
You can also create scratching like sounds, vinyl pops and scratch like sounds as well, you just have to dig deep and use your imagination.
Everytime I turn the Kaossilator on I discover new things! I look forward to the Kaossilator equivalent of the KP3 coming out in the future with added extra's that are missing from this version, like the ability to save loops on to a memory stick like device, maybe multiple loops would be a good idea? With the advanced technology available these days, there surely must be a bigger better version of the Kaossilator in the pipeline at Korg?
For now tho' this will do!

Fab but loops not long enough.
I have had my Kaossilator for ages now and I love it. I did want to give it 5 stars but because you can only loop 8 beats max its not that valuable for a professional DJ. Saying that, I would never sell this item as I just like to pick it up now and again to play around. Im going to buy the Kaoss pad 3 next.

Urmazing!
This is a very nifty bit of kit, its kind of annoying that you cant erase each individual loop as you go along but you quickly get over it.
within 20 minutes of opening the box i was mixing phat choons (im so urban!), i was worried all the talk of appregio gates and loops and chorus synths would be confusing but it takes no time at all to pick up.
even though i have a wide knowledge of music i could confidently say that a n00b could pick this up and within minutes look like a master...and i can hook it up to garageband! sweeet!
in short a vert versatile little box
domx