Question about Kaossilators:

terryusnet · Post by **terryusnet** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:56 am

Hi

I'm just a student who is very involved in music and I found the Kaossilator a couple months back and I would LOVE to have one. I'm in no way a beginner in music but I have never encountered an instrument such as the Kaossilator before.

I noticed there are both the Kaossilator and the Kaossilator Pro. What I really like about the Pro are that there are 4 different loop subjects, which is what I care about most. However, the cost is a little scary.

What would you guys recommend & If anyone has a Kaossilator Pro they want to sell...I'm interested.

Thanks!

-DK

manjeroque · Post by **manjeroque** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:07 am

having a kaossilator i can say: i wish i have Pro, because the pad is bigger you can see these squares to pitch exact notes!
+there are other nice features)
but it misses arp patterns)
see:

xmlguy wrote:Tragically, the arp patterns on the original Kaossilator are one of the best and most important features on it. I used them for nearly every loop I ever created on it, as it made for much more interesting rhythmic patterns that you could keep in perfect sync when changing between them without missing a beat. I still think it's the worst WTF backwards step I've ever seen Korg do for a new product when they made the KoPro and left that feature off. I'm still friggen pissed about it. I miss that everytime I touch my KoPro.

Bowmoney · Post by **Bowmoney** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:40 am

the squares on the pro do not match up to notes, FYI...get the small one first...if you like it, you can get the big one, and the small one is still amazingly useful in conjunction with the pro

as a musician, you may find you hate the inherent kaoss in that little yellow box, or you may find you love it, but for $100 you can get the small one and really dive in

xmlguy · Post by **xmlguy** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:48 am

The iPad 2 with iMS-20 is a better value. It's like a Kaossilator Pro with unlimited programming potential instead of 200 fixed programs. The iMS-20 has song and pattern sequencer. Then there's everything else that all the other iPad 2 music apps can do....

Aciphecs · Post by **Aciphecs** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:10 pm

xmlguy wrote:The iPad 2 with iMS-20 is a better value. It's like a Kaossilator Pro with unlimited programming potential instead of 200 fixed programs. The iMS-20 has song and pattern sequencer. Then there's everything else that all the other iPad 2 music apps can do....

If he thought the KPro's pricetag was scary, I don't think he'll be getting the iPad 2.

I wish I could, actually I've been trying to decide between an iPad and my first synth

rr4 · Post by **rr4** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:41 pm

The four recording banks in the Kaossilator Pro is like having four of the little Kaossilators in one instrument. I was sold on the concept of a "kaoss pad synthesizer" as soon as I learned about it, and I jumped right in with the Kaossilator Pro. If you're not sure if it will work for you, get the smaller Kaossilator and see how you like it.

About the iMS-20 app for iPad, I have to respectfully disagree... IMO the iPad screen is too small for the instrument. There's so much stuff in the MS-20 (keyboard, patch panel, sequencer, etc.), and with all the associated menus, I really have to struggle through the iPad interface to get at the things I want to do with the actual instrument.

I find that the MiniSynth Pro iPad app is a much easier synthesizer app to use:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minisynt ... 51154?mt=8
(but, of course, it's not a Korg MS-20).

The Korg iElectribe app, on the other hand, is ideally suited for the iPad -- everything on the instrument is right in front of you on the screen, and the knobs, buttons and menus are very easy to use.