Important kp3 question!?

[Virrmike]

Hi,
Im a newbie in this forum and I have a stupid question,
I hope youll help me.
-can i make/hear sound with the kp3 and has it integrated speakers?
Or is it only a machine to put effects on inputed sounds (cd,..)?

Thanks a lot in advance & i hope youll answer me..

Salutes, mikel

[roblabs]

The KP3 has a line out and a headphones jack - so you'll need either external speakers or a set of headphones.

The KP3 itself is not intended to produce sound on its own - you will have to pass audio in via the mic input or line input, or else load some samples onto the 4 banks.

[xmlguy]

The KP3 has 4 drum patterns, 2 drum kits, and 10 synthesizer programs built-in. These can be resampled and looped to the sample pads.

It certainly is designed to make sounds on its own. The drum patterns are one of its main features for looping with other instruments and vocals. You can see the programs listed in the KP3 editor if you go to Program Memory tab, click on a program and look under the drum and synth headings.

However, you do need headphones, powered speakers or an amp to hear anything it does.

[Virrmike]

Thx alot!

[xmlguy]

Hi,
My guitarbuilder just installed me a midi pad into my guitar. Now i wanna
Connect my guitar via midi with a kaoss pad 3.
now my question is, how do I do that? And where to put the kaoss pad in
My effectsection? Or is it only guit-kaoss-amp?

Please help me, i have no idea

Salutes
Mike

No, you probably don't really want to hook up the guitar to KP3 via midi, at least not at first. You just think you do. You don't because it won't do anything good that you think you want it to do. Midi doesn't transmit the sound of the guitar to the KP3. Midi only sends and receives control information, not sounds. You could use midi to select programs and pads on the KP3 from the guitar, but you really need to control the KP3 with your hands to use the touchpad. It has a hold button that lets you hold the pad at the last position you touched, so that you can go back to playing the guitar with both hands.

Instead, what you want to do is connect the audio output of the guitar to an amp, processor, or effects unit, then hook an audio line level of that to the KP3 audio inputs. You need an amp with a line level effects loop or audio output, if you use an amp. Most guitar processors and effects units have at least one or more line level audio outputs, while not all amps do.

Most guitars have low level, high impedance outputs from the pickups. Some guitars that have batteries and built-in preamps (active electronics and EQ) can send line level low impedance audio, which the KP3 can use. You normally want to hook these guitars up to an amp or processor first so that you can get the tone and distortion you want before sending to the KP3 for looping and it's effects. However, the KP3 does have distortion on some programs, so it's possible to do some things with the KP3 hooked directly to guitars, particularly guitars with active electronics. Some guitars without active electronics may work with the KP3 if you hook it up to the KP3 mic input jack and increase the gain with the mic gain knob. The success will depend on how hot the pickup level is on the guitar. You may get a lot of noise doing this. The KP3 input wasn't designed specifically for guitar input, so it doesn't have very good overdrive and distortion like an amp or fx unit, so that's why it's usually better to get that nice guitar tone first before sending to the KP3.

I have done this with my electric guitars. I use a Peavey Bravo tube amp that has an effects loop output, a Boss GT-100 effects processor, and several other guitar FX processors. So I hook the guitar out to the guitar amp/processor chain, then hook the output of that chain to the KP3 stereo inputs. My guitar FX have stereo output and effects. For mono output you need a Y adapter or connect through the mic input (noisier though) on the KP3.