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well that's the word i'm using and if you want gnarly sounds that's a good thing! I was reading a review, on amazon i think, of the kaossilator (mini one) and the person was saying that although he liked it alot that it would be nice if it had some mellower, ambient might have been the word he used, sounds. He mentioned some of the groups that might use some of the sounds and then some of the groups that he liked that used sounds that were not so much available on the Kaossilator. Although he did seem to be referring to mellower sounds not available he also mentioned industrial and mechanical sounds that he liked as lacking. I did notice that when i was scrolling around the low 30s on the dial that i seemed to get a few samples in a row that sounded kind of like a troll belching (no pun intended)...so I'm wondering if the KPro has more sounds that would address this slight lack of variety in tonal textures? Also, and excuse my ignorance, is the solution to this maybe also just to use the sampler on the K3 for instance and then you would have whatever sound you want; mellow, industrial, ambient. Just a little curious though as to the Kaosillators sort of heavy vibe and not so much else.

No, the KPro won't give you the mellow, industrial ambient sounds you're looking for. The KPro has 200 voices, which is 100 more than the basic Kaossilator, but they all have the same strong character; there's really nothing mellow about them.

One of the reasons for this is that the touchpad isn't velocity-sensitive. The attack signal of the notes don't respond to the way you play the instrument, so there's no way to slowly ease into the sound.

There are a couple of work-arounds to try to make the sounds mellower:
1. You could try turning up the input volume dial after you touch the pad, or
2. You could try finding the right sweet spot for the cutoff filter that's built into some of the sounds, or
3. Do both at the same time!

...but that's not the same as giving the note a long, shallow attack.

You can do quite a range using just the Kaossilator Pro. I find it really easy to do mellow tracks on it. I have seen a bunch of ambient tracks on youtube. Some of the instruments have a velocity based upon if you hit low or high on the pad. Now if you add a KP3 to the mix you can really modify the sound 1000-fold.