Messing With the KP3

I just got my Kaoss Pad KP3 about two days ago in the mail.. and I've had about 3 or 4 hours to mess with the thing so far.

I wanted to show all my friends who DON'T live near me (namely the cast of Draconum.net) this awesomely insane music device, so I handed a camera to my little cousin and hooked it up to my laptop and a couple of speakers.

I am using Atomix Virtual DJ on the PC, and I mix the tracks No One on Earth (by Above and Beyond) and Birth of Light (Vincent de Moor) as I use the KP3 for some neat FX action.

The dumb cut in the middle was 'cause somebody decided to walk in and go "HAY GUYZ WHAT R J00 DOING? LAWL" and it was not very conducive to the video.

Disclaimer: I am no expert with this device! I just got the thing, and it's the first piece of electronic music hardware I've used besides my trusty laptop, FL Studio and Virtual DJ. So, I'm not trying to do anything uber-technical just yet. Also, I plan to perhaps put together a video in the future of me putting a track together just on the KP3 itself (a la Denkitribe's (sp?) videos, that guy is awesome!)

Hopefully in the future I will get some more KORG gear... like an Electribe or something neat like that. :)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• korg
• kp3
• kaoss
• pad
• DJ
• trance
• techno
• music
• draconum

[Joshhalliday]

hey mate, i've got a kaoss pad 3 & an electribe, but im really stuck on how to connect them together and use the pad as a filter for the electribe. i've got two midi cables, but they just confuse me. any help?

xo

[DraconumPB]

..... uhm, did you try using audio cables?

While technically it's possible for you to control the electribe's built in filter using the KP3 in MIDI mode, that would be an insane amount of work compared to simply using the KP's filter. Run the output from the Electribe into the input on the Kaoss pad...

[WiLdWorLd123]

very nice: i may need to get one of these, can u mix live music with it? example: keyboard, drums?

[DraconumPB]

Well, not really. It's NOT a mixer. I think that's a big misconception. It has TWO (2) audio inputs but only one is usuable at a time, so you can't really 'mix' multiple inputs like you can with an actual mixer.

What you can do is give it an audio feed and it will work with the audio coming into it. Not sure if that's what you meant.

[Vladimast]

I had a question figured this is a good place to ask it with all you samplers here, I am looking to get similar sound effects you would hear Slipknot play (good example is "pulse of the maggots")....I have a yamaha PSR 540 keyboard which is great for standard keys, but I am looking for those extra sound effects and hopefully something that I can ru my keyboard through and distort it....would the KP3 do that for me? Thanks in advance.

[DraconumPB]

I don't know anything about slipknot, but you could run some type of audio device, be it a computer, a keyboard, or other type of synthesizer/drum machine/cd player/etc through the KP3 and activate effects on it. Though, it's really intended for live effects that are changing and dynamic. It sounds like you probably don't need something with quite as much functionality as this has, more like just a simple effects box.

[beny1307]

Music - Good

Quality - BAD !

[WiiGeee]

its used in a lot of stuff.

[CrazyTanMan]

help! just got mine... ac adapter isn't american... i think its hong kongs!

How do you power your KP3?

Thanks in advance!

[nasa06]

@DraconumPB How do you get the output sound from the kp3 to speakers?

[TotallyJak2]

@Noobtron3000 Well, you can= use audio cables (With the colored ends and a headphone jack) and plug one end in the LINE OUT or the other in the HEADPHONE OUTPUT (Depending on your mixer) and you can change the volume and stuff of the KP3 or you can do the opposite by using the same cables and in the LINE OUT or HEADPHONE OUTPUT put the cables in and put the opposite end in the KP3 so you can modulate the sound coming out of the mixer to your satisfaction. Hope this helped.

[Noobtron3000]

Can i hook this up to my mixer with my CDJs and use it live?

[Obscuredistopia]

Music - Good

DJ - Inexperienced

[Obscuredistopia]

oh my goodness im dying

[easydp]

obviously not 'dance' stuff.

[buzbee1991]

did you make that track?