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I am certain (!) there are many great opinions here on this topic.
I am looking to hint for a holiday gift and the wife is asking for help.

I love my Kaossilator 2. Tons of fun.
I also can lose hours and hours to my SAMPLR Ipad app.

What gadget/ tool/ instrument plays nicely with with Kaossilator 2?

Or perhaps more to the point, what is the next rung up in challenge and fun?

Korg has a lot of low priced fun things these days. Monotron's, Volka's, Monotribe. A bit above that in price is the Kaossilator Pro and KP3.

If you want something more challenging that's analog check out Arturia MicroBrute.

If you're looking for a challenge...you may want to hunt down Korgs flagship sampler the MicroSampler.

The MicroSampler has a pretty serious learning curve. They used to cost nearly $600! But if you hunt long enough you can get one for about $250.

I just picked up the KO2. Had the KOPro which was awesome but the power to weight ratio was not good enough to include in the live rig. The KO2, for me at least, weighs less and seals the deal.

I think conventional wisdom is you'll want to replace your iPAD sampler with another sampler. The KP3 has four versatile sample slots that give endless fun and the inline effects are a great compliment to the KO. Saving and recalling your work is possible but way less fun.

I had a Micro Sampler and it is one powerful and affordable machine in one unwieldy and oddly conceived package. Only real downside is the effects are strangely anemic.

Personally, I'm using the Electribe ESX. Assuming your workflow is to come up with an idea on the KO, record it to the sampler, loop it, mangle it, add new ideas, evolve, it's the way to go. Biggest drawback is that you have to stop the track to record the next bit. The KP3 solution has a similar problem but to a less annoying extent.

People love their MPC's. My own experience isnt' as good but the MPC 500 can be found for not much. If money's no object, I think the Octatrack from Elektron would be the way to go.

In any case, you're going to go from hand-held to table-top which might end up being not as spontaneous.

Let us know what Santa decides?