Kaossilator 2: The Higher Handbook

mvnorwood · Post by **mvnorwood** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:09 pm

As the manual with the KO2 is so poor I thought it might be a good idea to have one thread for all the tips, tricks, discoveries and shortcuts that people have started posting about the KO2.

Why don't we post everything here on one thread?

I have also set up a FB page for people to share their discoveries and creations. It can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/Kaossilator2TheHigherHandbook

What do you all think? Does it make sense to have all the tips on one thread?

BTW I used the phrase 'The Higher Handbook' because 'The Missing Manual' is copyrighted.

mvnorwood · Post by **mvnorwood** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:33 am

A compilation of tips, tricks and discoveries has been started on the following link. The aim is to keep on adding to this document to create a central location for everything everyone contributes:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwDuSm ... DBjbFJRaEU

silvercue · Post by **silvercue** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:46 am

Good stuff - useful and will become more so. I am keen to know shortcuts, especially to the cross fader. The manual is very light.

I would oove to know if there is a way to stop loop bank playback whilst playing a sound on the touchpad. I can sort of do one with the cross fader, but that is not what I am after.

hazabikit · Post by **hazabikit** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:32 pm

I dunno... "Higher Handbook" sounds Biblical to me...

wok · Post by **wok** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:53 pm

nice idea i will get my ko2 tomorrow and i am reading and surfing alot the last 24 hours
perhaps you call it the unofficial ko2 handbook?

i have discovered a few videos from a guy on youtube a series called
Korg Kaossilator demo 1 - 14

in 14 he shows you, how to get a swing/jazzy feeling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAy5oN0A_ho

and in demo 10 how you can use the microphone and playing a bassguitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SIc4D4s ... el&list=UL

but i think you have discovered this videos

i will follow this thread here, because i am one of those persons, that will not go to facebook

does anybody discovered other features with the new firmwareupdate?

necroscope · Post by **necroscope** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:20 am

There is new firmware?? Anything useful?

wok · Post by **wok** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:12 am

here you can get it
http://www.korg.com/SupportResults.aspx?productid=613

fixed some bugs

seems nothing spectacular

silvercue · Post by **silvercue** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:14 pm

might be worth adding some stuff about saving files and how they appear on PC (two banks even if one is blank) and what you can do in terms or renaming, playback on pc apps etc.

wok · Post by **wok** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:34 pm

hello the cardstuff looks like this

root:

loops:

you can see loops with 1 kb these are preferences i saved

hazabikit · Post by **hazabikit** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:01 pm

...and just in case you were wondering, "wechseldatenträger" means "removable media".

wok · Post by **wok** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:05 pm

sorry but i am german like the os

mvnorwood · Post by **mvnorwood** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:34 pm

wok wrote:sorry but i am german like the os

I think you and your country people can stop apologising now

silvercue · Post by **silvercue** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:04 am

There is a way to merge loops in this thread:

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=73250

worth adding??

wok · Post by **wok** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:39 pm

if you save your loops you should have a look at the last instrument that is displayed, because it is loaded too, when you reload your saved file.
if you press this instrument for example a sort of drumkit and let it pressed when you reload your saved file it is played instantly.
so you can load this file during the instrument / drumkit is played, it is just a little little break there, which you have to handle this break depends on the time loading your file you have to checkout how long it last, so you have the end of loading files together with the end / start of your sound / drumkitloop
just improvisate and test it is tricky, but you can handle it and you don´t have this total stop.
so somehow you can have a continious play and change your loops on the fly
i think (not tested yet) the arp on is saved aswell so checkitout

edith says:
the arp is stored too
so hold your arpsound and you have during the loading stopp an arpsound playing.
then you can hit you loopbanks for continuing with your reloaded loops

kyhl!

another edith:
if someone checks this out perhaps he could translate this foolish stuff into proper english please!

mvnorwood · Post by **mvnorwood** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:52 pm

The Higher Handbook has just had a minor update:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwDuSm ... DBjbFJRaEU

Any feedback/suggested content would be gratefully received