Korg Kaossilator as pad controller for the MS-20

Don't like playing keyboards? Or just looking for another approach of using the MS-20? This vid is about using a Korg Kaossilator as controller for the Korg MS-20 which allows you to play the MS-20 by a pad!

The Kaossilator is not used for the sounds itself. It is actually used instead of the MS-20 keyboard (using the ESP). So all sounds are coming from the MS-20!

The Kaossilator features give you other great possibilities and ways of playing the MS-20, which you wouldn't be able to using only the keyboard. You can change the key and BPM, choose out of 31 scale patterns, choose out of 50 appregiator gate patterns and also very usefull: recording and looping a played sequence. In the mean while just tweak the MS-20 for the most crazy sounds...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• korg
• ms20
• ms-20
• space
• kaossilator
• controller
• pad
• dynamic
• phrase
• synthesizer
• synth

[fibranijevidra]

But, how it is realized? I know Kaosilator dont have MIDI I/O.

[Newueel]

It's the MS-20 ESP module (External Signal Processor). The ESP converts the Kaossilator audio output into a trigger/gate signal and a CV signal, which are used to control the MS-20...

[yohppoy]

ok

thanx

i tried it with the roland d2 cheap groovebox, sometimes it works; i think that, as you said, the more the external sound is "clean" the more the ms-20 "acts better"...

[yohppoy]

hi

could you please tell me exactly the esp parameters you used? i mean signal in, cv etc at what levels the tweakers are they?

thanx

[yohppoy]

hi

very useful video!

have you tried it with other "potentiala controllers"? i have some grooveboxes (roland d2 and yamaha an200), i think i'll try with those...

cheers

[mynmyself]

mmm.... so i could use a kaossilator in order to control any synth that has a pitch to cv converter, right? at least there is a usefull usage for the kaossilator

[CaptainFlaashdance]

hello, i've got a question: does this also work with the korg legacy collection?

[mentheman88]

nice vid man! Is this also possible on the ms-10?

[discotechwreck]

so theoretically I could use my Kaoss Pad 3 in the same way as well?

[triplesquarednine]

nice buddy, very smart use...i have seen others use

these for similar purposes but this is the best example,

most people hook them upto sequencers, and this is a little more ingenius - with better results.

check out my video on the kaossilator, i am making a series....

[fibranijevidra]

Thank you for answer. Is that ESP your DIY product? If you have some link on more details I would appreciate it.