The next innovation in musical expression and creation from Korg
has arrived. 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. Whether you’re an established "tweaker", an aspiring
electronic artist or somewhere in between, KAOSSILATOR is one musical
sketch pad that you should not be without.
The 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.
Packed with powerful synth sounds, sound effects, and drum 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, 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.
Scale/key setting lets you produce perfect phrases
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, 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 expands your performance possibilities
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 fifty 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 accelerates your creative power
Loop Recording allows you to record a phrase with a specified
number of beats (maximum 8 beats = 2 measures), and play it back
endlessly. Once a phrase is captured, it will play back automatically.
Now, go ahead and choose a different sound and play it on top… and
repeat infinitely. Each time you add a phrase, KAOSSILATOR "stacks" it
on top of what was previously entered, resulting in complete musical
works as simple – or complex – as you desire.
"The Yellow Album" is the first full-length album produced and
performed entirely on the Korg Kaossilator device. No other effects,
EQ or sounds were added. The audio was digitally recorded directly off
the unit and the only external editing performed involved simple
volume balancing. The musical challenge was to attempt to make the
two-bar loop limitation of the on-board phrase recorder sound less
repetitious by playing the touchpad live, solo-style, over the loops
during the recording.
Copyright Dec 2007 World
Filter Studios
Secret Hack for
Kaossilator – Double the loop time
From EM Magazine - August
2008
Holding down the Loop
REC and Tap buttons while powering up will temporarily double the
maximum loop length from 8 beats to 16 (the display will show DLY to
confirm the new mode). The hack works by disabling the undo buffer,
which means you can no longer fix overdubs, but the extra musicality
of 4-bar phrases is well worth it. You do actually have to go the
“Loop length” and adjust it up from 8 to 16.
