@Zeckeee Kaossilator is basically a toy...but with some imagination it can end up like this. If you want a proper instrument get a Kaossilator Pro instead...
Ha, You've done this just a little I see. Really nice to share with us here. I just discovered these things and am dumbfounded. They will be here Monday. Guess one is never too old to learn new things. Thanks again.
@kitedh But it doesn't really matter does it? I'm surprised people still give that comment thumbs up, it's on about 60% of the 240p videos on youtube...
@Martzoerst I'm incredibly flattered. And thank you so much for your purchase. I've other music, some for free streaming or download at gkibler.com. Much of this is my commercial and soundtrack work which isn't so electronica-based but you may enjoy nonetheless. Cheers again for wonderful comments. Best, -Gary
I ve beewanting to do techno for a very ong time ad this has me sold on the kasosiloer. one question tho, can it connect o a computewr to record the music?
yes u can u just use line out on the korg to line in or mic jack on the comp then u can use sound recorder to render ur tracks to the hard disk.@JacobDeadman
You can remove loops that you add on by "fixing" the first loops that you want to save. then when you ad to it and it gets too be too much you can cancle those later loops and go back to your first saved layer
You can remove loops that you add on by "fixing" the first loops that you want to save. then when you ad to it and it gets too much you can cancle those later loops and go back to your first saved layer
@heyshutupyou You can remove loops by "fixing" the first loops that you want to save. then when you add to it you can cancle those later loops and go back to your first saved layer and then add more again. So you can lay down a beat, Fix it then solo over it untill it gets to be noise and then cancle it back to the beat
You can only remove a loop that you have just recorded. once you have recorded the loop you keep your finger on record, and if you wanna remove it you can twiddle the nob and remove it, it's not the easiest process. Don't think you can choose which loop to remove after though, but I am still exploring, only just got mine.
Man I lost mine when I moved. This is making me so sad! I want my Kaossilator back! I'm going to break down and get a new one...or wait and get the pro.
@litlekarim33 No! The Mini-Kaoss Pad processes sound inputs and does reverbs and delays and stuff. The Kaossilator actively produces musical sounds like a musical instrument. One must likewise not confuse the Kaossilator Pro (green lights) with the Kaoss Pad 3 that has the same casing (but red lights).
how do you record one of these? i have an ART usb dual pre audio interface to connect to my computer, but the kaosillator only has RCA outputs, and idk how to connect that to my interface. any help would be appreciated., thanks
@mattcav221 At the bottom end of the Kaossilator is a 1/8" stereo phono plug, for the headphones, so you can connect there too to record its output. I connect it to the aux. jack of my computer.
@Dracopol thanks for the advice, but one more question haha. if i were to use an RCA to 1/8 jack, would the sound quality be better, or would it not make a difference?
@cjwaters9 There ARE no controls for the volume levels. Korg did a good job programming really good synth sounds and filter variation, and pre-adjusting the levels to compare well with each other. #35 is a bit overpowering though, and although it claims you can record infinite numbers of overdubs, of course you'll get a white-noise muddle after a while.
@gxddxmnxt Look up Adrian Bridger's video, kaossilator - electro session. He demonstrates a wide range of time critical techniques that takes it from ambient music to an active performance. Not bagging on garykibbler at all, still good. But that vid gives you an idea how far you can take it. my 2 cents.
@gotchalk108 This and all the tracks on my Yellow Album were recorded directly from the line outs to a Zoom handheld digital recorder, an H4 I think it is.
@FuturedaveyP Unfortunately no. There was some interest early on and Korg was supposed to get me a pre-release model but it didn't happen and now I've got too many other irons in the fire. Thanks for asking though.
@garykibler I know this is late, but I use Audacity with the line-out's going to my PC. Works pretty well. The pain is, you still have to have headphones plugged in to hear what you're doing.
@garykibler this is one of the best i have seen. What BPM and Scale are you using? Also, what Gate did you start in before switching to 24? Thanks for helping a newbie get his Kaos on and inspiring us all!
@GODmanGODmanGOD theyre around 150 to 200 depending on where you order them from. i would suggest musiciansfriend , thats where i ordered mine from. hope that helps
@haunteddragon With a Kaossilator the instructions say they come with "test" batteries that may have a shorter than expected lifespan. They were indeed very cheap made-in-China alkalines. I would suggest you replace those with 4 rechargeable AA-batteries (rated 2650 mAh or more).
Some Kaossilator tips: Holding Scale and pressing Loop takes you immediately to the Program menu from anywhere else.
Also, in program d.84, hit the top edge of the touch pad anywhere, and wait. It produces a rising feedback. Stop it by pressing anywhere else or changing program.
@rODIUMuk I haven't received the Pro that Korg had promised me (supposed to arrive sometime this week) but my guess would be that the Pro would be more "accurate" in the context of the grid of its touchpad, this based on its increased size.
@glkibler actually the larger touchpad on the pro takes some getting used to, but you have some nice additional options concerning the configuration of the pad.
@mrpeanut25 Not so much, because he was using a scale called Minor Pentatonic. In the key of C, there are only the notes C, D#, F, G, and A# in it, from the center to the edge. Mostly he was sliding from one note to the next. But you still have to develop a violinist's skill with that and with the even more note-filled scales to hit the right notes without marks.
this is great man, i put a review up on itunes. gives me some new inspiration for my own kaossilator keep it up! if you get a kaossilator pro put up some vids
This track is great, and great for practising too. In short: Gary Kibler: The Yellow Album - 01 "Arp A Type" 100 bpm, Minor Pentatonic, G.00 off Pre loop: C.54, Gate off L.02, G.00 Loop: L.13, G.00 P.91, G.24 L.06, G.00 C.54, Gate off
Wow, that's pretty impressive you were able to reverse engineer this. Obviously at the time I had all that info rehearsed out in my head but I never kept any notes. This and other tracks on the album, I'd be at a loss now to recreate without such instructions. Good job, v8bert!
@v8bert i love this song much! i bought a kaossilator pro 2 days ago trying to learn this stuff! do u know if these sounds also are in the kaossilator pro or do i have to make a remix of my own? im trying to duplicate songs from youtube
Wow...just plain unbelievable. I'm ecstatic to discover all the insane possibilities of this thing after mine got delivered this afternoon...what a blast so far and I've clearly not even glanced the surface yet!
i rated 5 for verry awesome,, i don't even recognize these soundz and i have a kaossilator! definitely want to check out some of yur kaoss jams on itunes..
This is great stuff and I'm really tempted to get one of these.
One question I have is can you remove individual loops once they've been recorded?
Say you've recorded 4 loops on top of one another. Can you remove loop 2 without affecting 1,3 & 4?
The manual says this but I don't really get it: "During playback, if you hold down the LOOP REC/PLAY button and press the SCALE button, the phrase elements played when the SCALE button is depressed will be deleted" (??)
Yeah, if you incorporate the 16-bar trick, the downside is it uses up that buffer space meaning there's no going back from anything you record, even from the last track you laid down.
@goonerballs As stated, opting out can't be done in the 16 beat mode (4 regular 4/4 bars). In 8 beat mode, you can: save stuff, delete everything, delete anything that was recorded since the last save. Stop the loop. Press and hold loop and scale buttons (hit loop button first). Display shows: ---- Turn wheel to: fix for saving, can for deleting all new stuff since last save clr for erasing everything Now release loop and scale buttons, and it's executed.
thanks for this, I tried to opt out before, but I thought FIX meant to erase the last thing you put down, its a shame you can't do it on the 16 beat mode though.. 8 beats just isn't enough.. I'll have to do some saving and get the kaossilator pro
you can set it too 16! if you hold down loop function and bpm buttons at the same time when turning it on... it will say DLY. then go to loop length and it gives you the option to set it too 16. however when you do this... it no longer displays the 8 count...instead you count the loop out yourself to 16 and it will record it!!!!
Thanks for telling, but I think you may have been tricked by the new YT setup, because we know this and also mentioned it.
We were discussing that when one is in the 16 beat mode, that one has no possibility to discard the last layer(s), and that we want a Kaossilator that has that ability in the 16 beat mode too.
I think and hope the Kaossilator Pro will do it.
I'd much like a K. Pro that can do it even in 32 beat mode.
@v8bert The Kaossilator Pro can do 16 beats! It will also sample sounds from a microphone and save your work on SD. It has 4 record buttons so that's like 4 separate Kaossilators.
@v8bert The instructions say that, if you dial down to a low beats per minute, the Kaossilator will automatically cut to Loop Length 4 and then Loop Length 2. It is just not possible to store a very long sound loop.
@Dracopol Thanks! I must have overlooked that sentence. So it must basically come down to using one of the BPM settings that use the most RAM - which logically should be those just above where the loop length is cut. I'll try and time them.
@v8bert Gee, doesn't anybody read any more? Lol. In the instructions section on Loop (Phrase) recording, it says, "within the range 300-75 bpm, the beat count (1-8) represents quarter notes; within the range 74.9-37.5 bpm, 1-8 represents eighth-notes; within the range 37.4-20 bpm, 1-8 represents sixteenth notes." So your optimum is at or above 75 bpm if you can make your own rhythms from scratch and try to double-time things.
@Dracopol LOL, yeah I kinda scanned the manual for non-obvious stuff, but apparently not carefully enough. It never seemed to matter either. The thing is SO easy to use.
Thanks muchly for the info. I'll dig into those low speeds now, guessing the special qualities of the sounds in that area can be made useful.
@TheAdLab you can with the new Kaossilator Pro that just came out its pretty much a bad ass Kaossilator and much better than this one, picking my new one up very soon. the Pro is like having 4 Kaossilators in one so you can dub as many sound bits into four differnent banks and then accept inputs from external mic or keyboard. very cool shiz :) anyone thinking of getting one I'd wait cuz for the extra 200 bones you get a LOT LOT MORE
@joshtits I hear you on the Kaossilator Pro, it looks awesome! £300 is a lot though (though it's worth the cash). Maybe I should just get 3 Kaossilators for the same price and run them through a mixer, ha ha ;-)
I would say if you don't have the money then get the Kaossilator for now, but you definatly are going to miss out on a LOT of updated and much needed features. I have been playing with the Kaossilator for just around a year now and I need more abilities to cut loops in and out as I need. but if you've never messed with anything like this before start with the 1st generation
a 'synth' has synthetic sounds [not real]...the kaossilator has synthetic sounds [not real] the kaossilator has changable scales, gate/arp and keys and a different way to 'play' notes..not keyboard or string based but x-y pad based..it's definatley a musical instrument and not a toy as some would have you believe, owning it will not mean 'anyone' can make good synth based music...just look around on youtube for that..some will 'make a noise' with it and other will make good music.
@cressheadYes, its easier to play than a conventional keyboard, piano or guitar, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't require any skills. You have to have good timing, a little knowledge of how to employ scales and a feeling for arranging parts and different sounds, since not every preset blends in with the others. Thats the main reason why some players simply produce "noise" with that thing.
@MrCavatassi If you made a guitar easier to play, it wouldn't stop being a guitar. The same thing applies with a synthesizer. Elitist attitudes are fun and all but they don't change the fact that anything that makes a noise is an instrument. A real one.
I have one of these and they are ace. I've worked out how to perform 'Tom's Diner' on it. I may upload it onto YouTube in the future if I can get good quality sound recording equipment.
I love the sound of that singing voice preset. Great job!
RadsnRems 3 days ago
JUST BOUGHT ONE TODAY!!! Coolest thing I have ever owned in my entire life. SOOO easy to use and sound good
North111 1 month ago
I oned, the first, sold it. I owned the Pro, sold it. But after seeying this vid, i wont one again lol.
Intosia 1 month ago in playlist Music
Fucking nice!
Bexorcist 2 months ago
thats fucking sick nice job!
uvm17cb 2 months ago
Holy crap, this is one of the most coolest things I've ever heard! Congratulations!
CharlesPz 3 months ago
does it require speakers? how does it output sound?
cjsinister6 4 months ago
crazy
judonomi 4 months ago
awsome
mrloqendo 5 months ago
hi, can some1 give me some advise?
i would like to make some music/beats with some kind of synth without using the computer programs like Frutty Loops, is that possible??
i never used a synth though
i already looked around and thought of getting a kaossilator
what would you recommend me?
can anybody help me plz?
Zeckeee 6 months ago
@Zeckeee yeah i can help you, don't buy this, really, it'scrap.. i have one now
tristansenoc3000 2 months ago
@Zeckeee Kaossilator is basically a toy...but with some imagination it can end up like this. If you want a proper instrument get a Kaossilator Pro instead...
DEADLYSHADOWS123 2 months ago
Ha, You've done this just a little I see. Really nice to share with us here. I just discovered these things and am dumbfounded. They will be here Monday. Guess one is never too old to learn new things. Thanks again.
cyoteblues 6 months ago
240p, so we meet again...
kitedh 7 months ago 34
@kitedh But it doesn't really matter does it? I'm surprised people still give that comment thumbs up, it's on about 60% of the 240p videos on youtube...
Hyronious 2 months ago
I want one !
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Cheap cheap cheap sounds sssoooooooo cheap
gr8boyz118 8 months ago
what happens to his thumb @ 2:17??
isleepinabin 8 months ago
you sir, are a epic win for the human species
DoubleTroubleSounds 11 months ago 3
I had forgotten about the kaossilator for a few months now.
Was going through my old favorite videos.
Oh yeah. THIS is why I wanted one of these.. because of YOUR VIDEO. lol
DeathToTheseWalls 11 months ago 25
its no longer free right?
jackspic3 11 months ago
cool as f/uck
dinoblackgrape 11 months ago
nice track! how did you get your stuff on itunes??
derekkozinski 1 year ago
¡My mother!, a magic device under magic hands...
agetro56 1 year ago
0:25 THE TUNE IS AWESOME!!!
TheBigDolphin1 1 year ago
a download is no longer available at revernation :( where can I get one?
SiphonProductions 1 year ago
Convinced me to buy one
Hullabalooooooo 1 year ago
My Kaossilator is supposed to come tomorrow, but its midterm week...goodbye grades
tylerkillspoon 1 year ago 2
I just ordered me one. Cannot wait to play with it.
ATXmyriah 1 year ago
Bought the album on iTunes today, it's awesome! Loaded in to my iPod, and will entertain me on my flight home :) Keep up the good work!
Martzoerst 1 year ago
@Martzoerst I'm incredibly flattered. And thank you so much for your purchase. I've other music, some for free streaming or download at gkibler.com. Much of this is my commercial and soundtrack work which isn't so electronica-based but you may enjoy nonetheless. Cheers again for wonderful comments. Best, -Gary
glkibler 1 year ago
beautiful job, man!
HedgehogAirsoft 1 year ago
I would seriously have this video playing on loop in the background while I play Abe's Oddesy.
MrJHollow 1 year ago
very very nice! I Love it!
I ve beewanting to do techno for a very ong time ad this has me sold on the kasosiloer. one question tho, can it connect o a computewr to record the music?
JacobDeadman 1 year ago
yes u can u just use line out on the korg to line in or mic jack on the comp then u can use sound recorder to render ur tracks to the hard disk.@JacobDeadman
dutstinroach 1 year ago
I NEED IT.
Onanewfriday 1 year ago
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You can remove loops that you add on by "fixing" the first loops that you want to save. then when you ad to it and it gets too be too much you can cancle those later loops and go back to your first saved layer
psenesac 1 year ago
You can remove loops that you add on by "fixing" the first loops that you want to save. then when you ad to it and it gets too much you can cancle those later loops and go back to your first saved layer
psenesac 1 year ago
haha. this thing is so cool. im going to order one. it'd be great for a dj set.
Honker103 1 year ago
27 people didn't get what this video was actually about.
crossbow711 1 year ago 2
can you take loops off this? like as in when you record something but you want to simplify it and take parts out, can you remove recorded loops?
heyshutupyou 1 year ago
@heyshutupyou You can remove loops by "fixing" the first loops that you want to save. then when you add to it you can cancle those later loops and go back to your first saved layer and then add more again. So you can lay down a beat, Fix it then solo over it untill it gets to be noise and then cancle it back to the beat
psenesac 1 year ago
can you take loops off this?
heyshutupyou 1 year ago
@heyshutupyou
You can only remove a loop that you have just recorded. once you have recorded the loop you keep your finger on record, and if you wanna remove it you can twiddle the nob and remove it, it's not the easiest process. Don't think you can choose which loop to remove after though, but I am still exploring, only just got mine.
jonotick 1 year ago
hey, can you record an 8 bar loop with this thing?. . . I'm thinking about betting one for this purpose
cc17201 1 year ago
@cc17201 you can record 8 BEAT loops. I think that is 2 bars of 4/4
psenesac 1 year ago
that riff starting at 0:24 is awesome
InHerCasket13 1 year ago
havent you got funny thumbs...
supersquidge11 1 year ago
awsome
crazymilo99 1 year ago
pretty cool!
captswiss 1 year ago
what is the name of the song?
philipmittelsteiner 1 year ago
cool vid... on a side note- stubby thumbs
ShutupfoIRobYou 1 year ago
Man I lost mine when I moved. This is making me so sad! I want my Kaossilator back! I'm going to break down and get a new one...or wait and get the pro.
sinistar99 1 year ago
can you upload the saved tracks to your computer?
ise2222 1 year ago
@ise2222 YES YES YES
eyehavenoi 1 year ago
gooooooooood
SanghunChung 1 year ago
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pls watch our jam using kaoss pad 2, just type "total experimental (sept. 23, 2010)
give us a comment.. thanks!
lastgalacticvoyage 1 year ago
I love this, as a KK newbie I'm inspired to do more like this. Thanks for the upload.
davidbowen187 1 year ago
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Singtist101 1 year ago
is the kassilator the same as the mini-kaoss pad ?
litlekarim33 1 year ago
@litlekarim33 No! The Mini-Kaoss Pad processes sound inputs and does reverbs and delays and stuff. The Kaossilator actively produces musical sounds like a musical instrument. One must likewise not confuse the Kaossilator Pro (green lights) with the Kaoss Pad 3 that has the same casing (but red lights).
Dracopol 1 year ago
@litlekarim33 They look the same, but mini-kaoss pad is for sound effects, where as the Kaossilator is for making music.
CrysisLTU2 1 year ago
All thumbs up !!
akhiravsdunya 1 year ago
how do you record one of these? i have an ART usb dual pre audio interface to connect to my computer, but the kaosillator only has RCA outputs, and idk how to connect that to my interface. any help would be appreciated., thanks
mattcav221 1 year ago
@mattcav221 At the bottom end of the Kaossilator is a 1/8" stereo phono plug, for the headphones, so you can connect there too to record its output. I connect it to the aux. jack of my computer.
Dracopol 1 year ago
@Dracopol thanks for the advice, but one more question haha. if i were to use an RCA to 1/8 jack, would the sound quality be better, or would it not make a difference?
mattcav221 1 year ago
@mattcav221 I don't think it should make any difference. It matters what amplifier or equipment you hook the kaossilator to though...
Dracopol 1 year ago
I've got a Kaossilator, and that you did there was really skilled. Awesome.
SYN7HOR 1 year ago
How do you control all the volume levels of the layers so well?
cjwaters9 1 year ago
@cjwaters9 There ARE no controls for the volume levels. Korg did a good job programming really good synth sounds and filter variation, and pre-adjusting the levels to compare well with each other. #35 is a bit overpowering though, and although it claims you can record infinite numbers of overdubs, of course you'll get a white-noise muddle after a while.
Dracopol 1 year ago
YYEEEEEAAAAAAEEEEAAAAAEEAAAAA....
cvl85 1 year ago
I'm surprised that someone was actually able to make real music with that thing. I have one, and never thought it could be considered practical.
gxddxmnxt 1 year ago
@gxddxmnxt making dnb or dubstep beats is quite easy once you get the hang of it acutally, dLy mode is the key :)
SAButterbrot 1 year ago
@gxddxmnxt Look up Adrian Bridger's video, kaossilator - electro session. He demonstrates a wide range of time critical techniques that takes it from ambient music to an active performance. Not bagging on garykibbler at all, still good. But that vid gives you an idea how far you can take it. my 2 cents.
SlicerJen 1 year ago
Man, I want this thing soooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CrysisLTU2 1 year ago
What software did you use with your Kaossilator? I have been trying to figure out for a while.
gotchalk108 1 year ago
@gotchalk108 This and all the tracks on my Yellow Album were recorded directly from the line outs to a Zoom handheld digital recorder, an H4 I think it is.
garykibler 1 year ago
@garykibler So have you any plans to make an album using the Kaossilator Pro?
FuturedaveyP 1 year ago
@FuturedaveyP Unfortunately no. There was some interest early on and Korg was supposed to get me a pre-release model but it didn't happen and now I've got too many other irons in the fire. Thanks for asking though.
glkibler 1 year ago
@garykibler I know this is late, but I use Audacity with the line-out's going to my PC. Works pretty well. The pain is, you still have to have headphones plugged in to hear what you're doing.
cheselton 1 year ago
@garykibler this is one of the best i have seen. What BPM and Scale are you using? Also, what Gate did you start in before switching to 24? Thanks for helping a newbie get his Kaos on and inspiring us all!
jonnyeisler 4 months ago
how much do these neatoooh contraptions cost? And where can i get my hands on one of these? thumbs up
GODmanGODmanGOD 1 year ago
@GODmanGODmanGOD theyre around 150 to 200 depending on where you order them from. i would suggest musiciansfriend , thats where i ordered mine from. hope that helps
olliethehobo 1 year ago
@GODmanGODmanGOD there called Korg Kaossilator handheld synthesizer and the $200
planethjd 1 year ago
:-)
fajha123 1 year ago
like it!
nibo1980y 1 year ago
@haunteddragon With a Kaossilator the instructions say they come with "test" batteries that may have a shorter than expected lifespan. They were indeed very cheap made-in-China alkalines. I would suggest you replace those with 4 rechargeable AA-batteries (rated 2650 mAh or more).
Dracopol 1 year ago
Some Kaossilator tips: Holding Scale and pressing Loop takes you immediately to the Program menu from anywhere else.
Also, in program d.84, hit the top edge of the touch pad anywhere, and wait. It produces a rising feedback. Stop it by pressing anywhere else or changing program.
Dracopol 1 year ago
is the mini kaossicaltor more accurate than the pro?
rODIUMuk 1 year ago
@rODIUMuk I haven't received the Pro that Korg had promised me (supposed to arrive sometime this week) but my guess would be that the Pro would be more "accurate" in the context of the grid of its touchpad, this based on its increased size.
glkibler 1 year ago
@glkibler actually the larger touchpad on the pro takes some getting used to, but you have some nice additional options concerning the configuration of the pad.
dudewhosaysarrh 1 year ago
Hey man buy a pink KS and make a pink album! :o
mrpeanut25 1 year ago
Dude thats impressive considering you don't use a grid.
mrpeanut25 1 year ago
@mrpeanut25 Not so much, because he was using a scale called Minor Pentatonic. In the key of C, there are only the notes C, D#, F, G, and A# in it, from the center to the edge. Mostly he was sliding from one note to the next. But you still have to develop a violinist's skill with that and with the even more note-filled scales to hit the right notes without marks.
Dracopol 1 year ago
@Dracopol Oh i didn't realise (my Kaossilator is still in the mail), but yea 5 notes would make it a bit easier to play :P
mrpeanut25 1 year ago
Awesome dude!
technosamba 1 year ago
unspeakably awsome
awsome job dude
thanks for uploading this
brotherjames10 1 year ago 31
this is great man, i put a review up on itunes. gives me some new inspiration for my own kaossilator keep it up! if you get a kaossilator pro put up some vids
Fiftyfiveguy 1 year ago
nice one :D
plasmaforce11 1 year ago
v8bert 1 year ago 67
Wow, that's pretty impressive you were able to reverse engineer this. Obviously at the time I had all that info rehearsed out in my head but I never kept any notes. This and other tracks on the album, I'd be at a loss now to recreate without such instructions. Good job, v8bert!
garykibler 1 year ago 17
@garykibler
Thanks for the kind words, Gary. You must be the first person ever to overestimate me. ;-)
First, you made a video, right? So I just wrote down what you do in it.
Second, I think maybe the L02, G.00 in the pre-loop doesn't really nail it, but I got tired, and just printed it like that. Good enough.
I think your track is a very musical one, and will also give people a great way to get acquainted with their new machine.
BTW thanks for helping me decide to buy one. It really helped.
v8bert 1 year ago
@v8bert i love this song much! i bought a kaossilator pro 2 days ago trying to learn this stuff! do u know if these sounds also are in the kaossilator pro or do i have to make a remix of my own? im trying to duplicate songs from youtube
adelsballen 1 year ago
@v8bert You blew my mind right there.
Malucodemez 11 months ago
Wow...just plain unbelievable. I'm ecstatic to discover all the insane possibilities of this thing after mine got delivered this afternoon...what a blast so far and I've clearly not even glanced the surface yet!
Great tune!
krmarlo 2 years ago
awsome!
brotherjames10 2 years ago
i rated 5 for verry awesome,, i don't even recognize these soundz and i have a kaossilator! definitely want to check out some of yur kaoss jams on itunes..
moe354sa 2 years ago 2
I got one today!
Conrade90 2 years ago
amazing
AngrySaw 2 years ago
This is great stuff and I'm really tempted to get one of these.
One question I have is can you remove individual loops once they've been recorded?
Say you've recorded 4 loops on top of one another. Can you remove loop 2 without affecting 1,3 & 4?
The manual says this but I don't really get it: "During playback, if you hold down the LOOP REC/PLAY button and press the SCALE button, the phrase elements played when the SCALE button is depressed will be deleted" (??)
TheAdLab 2 years ago
Each recorded layer is first placed in a buffer, meaning you can opt to back-out and re-record only the last track you recorded.
glkibler 2 years ago
@glkibler
How do you opt out? can you do it in the 16 bar version?
goonerballs 2 years ago
Yeah, if you incorporate the 16-bar trick, the downside is it uses up that buffer space meaning there's no going back from anything you record, even from the last track you laid down.
glkibler 2 years ago
v8bert 1 year ago
thanks for this, I tried to opt out before, but I thought FIX meant to erase the last thing you put down, its a shame you can't do it on the 16 beat mode though.. 8 beats just isn't enough.. I'll have to do some saving and get the kaossilator pro
goonerballs 1 year ago
@goonerballs
I'm with you both on 16 beat mode and on saving money for the Pro.
8 beats is too short.
I tried making long loops by setting BPM to 30 or 60, but I haven't gotten that to work nicely (yet?).
Someone on YT wrote you'll always find a use for the small machines once you've bought the big ones, and I feel he may have been right.
It much depends on drifting.
If the Pro takes a sound signal from the KO-1 and follows that beat, then everything is perfect.
Too much to hope for, maybe?
v8bert 1 year ago
@v8bert
you can set it too 16! if you hold down loop function and bpm buttons at the same time when turning it on... it will say DLY. then go to loop length and it gives you the option to set it too 16. however when you do this... it no longer displays the 8 count...instead you count the loop out yourself to 16 and it will record it!!!!
there ya go... 16 bar beat!!!!! :D
Amarcordband 1 year ago
@Amarcordband
Thanks for telling, but I think you may have been tricked by the new YT setup, because we know this and also mentioned it.
We were discussing that when one is in the 16 beat mode, that one has no possibility to discard the last layer(s), and that we want a Kaossilator that has that ability in the 16 beat mode too.
I think and hope the Kaossilator Pro will do it.
I'd much like a K. Pro that can do it even in 32 beat mode.
Thanks anyway!
v8bert 1 year ago
@v8bert ah i see... sorry. :D
Amarcordband 1 year ago
@v8bert The Kaossilator Pro can do 16 beats! It will also sample sounds from a microphone and save your work on SD. It has 4 record buttons so that's like 4 separate Kaossilators.
Dracopol 1 year ago
@v8bert The instructions say that, if you dial down to a low beats per minute, the Kaossilator will automatically cut to Loop Length 4 and then Loop Length 2. It is just not possible to store a very long sound loop.
Dracopol 1 year ago
@Dracopol Thanks! I must have overlooked that sentence. So it must basically come down to using one of the BPM settings that use the most RAM - which logically should be those just above where the loop length is cut. I'll try and time them.
v8bert 1 year ago
@v8bert Gee, doesn't anybody read any more? Lol. In the instructions section on Loop (Phrase) recording, it says, "within the range 300-75 bpm, the beat count (1-8) represents quarter notes; within the range 74.9-37.5 bpm, 1-8 represents eighth-notes; within the range 37.4-20 bpm, 1-8 represents sixteenth notes." So your optimum is at or above 75 bpm if you can make your own rhythms from scratch and try to double-time things.
Dracopol 1 year ago
@Dracopol LOL, yeah I kinda scanned the manual for non-obvious stuff, but apparently not carefully enough. It never seemed to matter either. The thing is SO easy to use.
Thanks muchly for the info. I'll dig into those low speeds now, guessing the special qualities of the sounds in that area can be made useful.
v8bert 1 year ago
@TheAdLab you can with the new Kaossilator Pro that just came out its pretty much a bad ass Kaossilator and much better than this one, picking my new one up very soon. the Pro is like having 4 Kaossilators in one so you can dub as many sound bits into four differnent banks and then accept inputs from external mic or keyboard. very cool shiz :) anyone thinking of getting one I'd wait cuz for the extra 200 bones you get a LOT LOT MORE
joshtits 2 years ago
@joshtits I hear you on the Kaossilator Pro, it looks awesome! £300 is a lot though (though it's worth the cash). Maybe I should just get 3 Kaossilators for the same price and run them through a mixer, ha ha ;-)
TheAdLab 2 years ago
I would say if you don't have the money then get the Kaossilator for now, but you definatly are going to miss out on a LOT of updated and much needed features. I have been playing with the Kaossilator for just around a year now and I need more abilities to cut loops in and out as I need. but if you've never messed with anything like this before start with the 1st generation
joshtits 2 years ago
Absolutely stunning, this is actually music unlike most Kaossilator videos!
offspringy 2 years ago
fantastic jam, I was in a trance man!
J1I1S1H 2 years ago
a 'synth' has synthetic sounds [not real]...the kaossilator has synthetic sounds [not real] the kaossilator has changable scales, gate/arp and keys and a different way to 'play' notes..not keyboard or string based but x-y pad based..it's definatley a musical instrument and not a toy as some would have you believe, owning it will not mean 'anyone' can make good synth based music...just look around on youtube for that..some will 'make a noise' with it and other will make good music.
cresshead 2 years ago 2
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MrCavatassi 2 years ago
@cressheadYes, its easier to play than a conventional keyboard, piano or guitar, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't require any skills. You have to have good timing, a little knowledge of how to employ scales and a feeling for arranging parts and different sounds, since not every preset blends in with the others. Thats the main reason why some players simply produce "noise" with that thing.
dudewhosaysarrh 1 year ago
Joined the site, there still is no download available.
DarkHalmut 2 years ago
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MrCavatassi 2 years ago
he does play a real synth.
Kaossilator is a Synthesizer Pad and not a toy or whatever you believe it is.
Next time giving a commend to something please inform yourself properly before posting something like that ;)
DeadlyWounded 2 years ago
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MrCavatassi 2 years ago
So you don't count any digital synths (e.g. Korg Triton and friends) as real synthesizers?
jubuttib 2 years ago
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MrCavatassi 2 years ago
@MrCavatassi If you made a guitar easier to play, it wouldn't stop being a guitar. The same thing applies with a synthesizer. Elitist attitudes are fun and all but they don't change the fact that anything that makes a noise is an instrument. A real one.
IRBaboonVideo 2 years ago
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MrCavatassi 2 years ago
Think what you could do with the new Kaossilator Pro!
DJDJSMusic 2 years ago
I WANT ONE! HAHAHA
TheCoBFace 2 years ago
Got myself a record deal.
Got myself your money. :D
InnerRise 2 years ago
If I had one of these, I fear I would never leave home... =)
DeathToTheseWalls 2 years ago
@DeathToTheseWalls why? pop some AAs in that baby and go make music anywhere.
MarctheDarc 2 years ago
@MarctheDarc
Haha, you're completely right.
DeathToTheseWalls 2 years ago
Got mine on the way, should be here Monday, gonna hook it up to Acid pro and record then edit, See you in the Charts:)
Voide666 2 years ago 2
sei grande compà!!!!
lakieb 2 years ago 2
ur so good man
mastergabo15 2 years ago 2
I got mine Today!!! Cant wait to make some Sick beats!! btw, Dude awesome job 2 thumbs up!
ninjawithcandy 2 years ago 2
i wanted one wicked bad
proudy97 2 years ago
i got one :)
proudy97 2 years ago
You got one for crimbo too then? lol. I realy gotta get an AC adaptor for it. I've went through two sets of batterys already.
badboyrhythmdub 2 years ago
Very, very nice dude...
LeilaniLad 2 years ago
Im getting this for christmas, i can't wait
GordoSam000 2 years ago
nice doing, nice idea
it's a surprisingly fine instrument
idiomis 2 years ago
yourr goood :) HOW DO YOU RECORD THE TUNES?? CAN YOU SAVE THEM? helpp mee! :'(
TheLittleFishie 2 years ago
This isn't the most interesting sequence in the world. But expert skill with the kaossilator fo sho
willmasahiro 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Soulless, empty and musically retarded and I've got a sore head now.
Talkinheid22 2 years ago
do 1 bro
Matban92 2 years ago
Thanks so much! I bought one cause my cousin owns one. I now know a few things he doesnt. Great stuff bro!
TheNathan4444 2 years ago
Right on!
tphoenix69 2 years ago
best birthday present ever :) am the only one witth a pink one ? :)
steelfudge 2 years ago 2
I got a pink one (:
special limited edition ftw!
simontec 2 years ago
woooooooooooooooooooo :)
steelfudge 2 years ago
The pink one is prettier too! :D
senhorlampada 2 years ago
nice work :)
Youvoteintheclub 2 years ago
does anyone know if this is compatable with a m-audio axiom MIDI controller??
thetaylorwearsprada 2 years ago
as in??? i own both... u cant plug it in if thats what ur thinking
twich31 2 years ago
i got mine about two years ago and it is still kicking ass
kibadanghi 2 years ago
I have one of these and they are ace. I've worked out how to perform 'Tom's Diner' on it. I may upload it onto YouTube in the future if I can get good quality sound recording equipment.
Carbonego 2 years ago
Oh wow do I want one of these, haha
DeathToTheseWalls 2 years ago