Kaossitar

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:34 pm

Has anyone seen this before?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a- ... or-Guitar/

Some may think it's cheezy or whatever, but I think it's awesome!
I am absolutely gonna do this when I get my Kaossilator. I think it would make the Kaossilator much more playable, with the buttons more ergonomic, and also the added sustain button would be cool too.

What do you think?

Sorry if this is old news. I had never seen it before.

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:13 pm

Ok.
So either I'm the only one who thinks this is cool, or it's old news, and there's probably a whole thread about it somewhere that I missed.

Bowmoney · Post by **Bowmoney** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:29 pm

it's cool, but definitely old news...the flaming lips have been using one for years

Mr36 · Post by **Mr36** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:11 pm

Yep, very old news. Back from when the original Kaossilator first came out. I don't think it was that long after that this surfaced.

Check out Misa guitars too.

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:46 pm

Bowmoney wrote:it's cool, but definitely old news...the flaming lips have been using one for years

From what I saw the flaming lips version was not even functional, but just for looks. The buttons on the neck weren't tied into the Kaossilator.

keeverw · Post by **keeverw** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:49 pm

Mr36 wrote:Yep, very old news. Back from when the original Kaossilator first came out. I don't think it was that long after that this surfaced.

Check out Misa guitars too.

I guess I didn't realize the Kaossilator was that old. I have seen it before, but really didn't know what it was. Now that I have learned a little more about it, I see that it has a lot of music-making potential, and I ordered one for myself. Should be here next week or so.

Anyway, sorry to dredge up the past.

LouisP · Post by **LouisP** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:08 am

I was interested in putting together my own Kaossitar (catchy name ain't it?) from a broken Guitar Hero controller and an original KO-1, nothing fancy, no button rewiring or nothing; just a more confortable form factor to jam on.

But then I got my hands on that Rock Band 3 keytar controller, plugged it via Midi into my Electribe EMX-1, put a multi-effect guitar pedal on output 3 of the EMX, and well, it's much more fun to play than a dinky little yellow synth inside a big goofy guitar controller

Love that little Kaossilator though, it was my gateway into getting an EMX and tons of other gear I probably don't need!

Corbytender · Post by **Corbytender** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:33 am

But then I got my hands on that Rock Band 3 keytar controller, plugged it via Midi into my Electribe EMX-1, put a multi-effect guitar pedal on output 3 of the EMX, and well, it's much more fun to play than a dinky little yellow synth inside a big goofy guitar controller

Now I'd like to see a video of that! I wonder how long it'll be before KORG releases a "kaossitar" of their own.

Love that little Kaossilator though, it was my gateway into getting an EMX and tons of other gear I probably don't need!

That little yellow box started it all for me, too.

LouisP · Post by **LouisP** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:11 am

Corbytender wrote:Now I'd like to see a video of that!

I'd happily oblige but there's still a few nagging issues with my setup.

1)The Rock Band controller only sends data on Midi channel 1 (so Synth1 on the EMX by default). Since I can't change this on the controller itself, I have to dig in the EMX's menus to reassign Synth1 to Channel 2 and Synth2 to Channel 1 in order to record the next instrument. Repeat for parts 3 to 5, and drums. I'm looking into building/buying a midi channel switch pedal or _something_ that would let me get around this tiresome menu browsing every time I want to switch parts. Easiest way to accomplish this would be to have a laptop sit in-between both devices - but that's not as fun, is it?

2)Modulation strip on neck doesn't work. I have to figure out what CC# it sends then change the midi assignements on the EMX. Pitch bend however does work out of the box. (Just checked - it's CC#1). Both work right away on a Mopho.

3)Sustain Pedal (any old Rock Band kick drum pedal) also works when the controller is plugged into a Mopho, but does nothing on the Electribe. I guess it's a limitation on the EMX.

4)I'm not a great live performer