Comments on: You May Need A Korg Kaossilator

By: Anthony Ortega

Anthony Ortega — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:02:56 +0000

I agree with Tim – MIDI would sound terrible, this is a real synthesizer, just tiny. I think the quality of the sounds produced on this thing are great, especially for such a low-end unit (at least in price).

I don’t mind about the thing not having memory – real synths, filters, and controllers don’t either, and neither do guitars, pianos, or drum kits for that matter. I play it on my commute as practice and to see what kind of riffs, melodies, and patterns I can create, then I hook up my intrument later. I treat it the way someone would a guitar on the bus – I know I can’t record what I make on there.

There’s also an excellent YouTube video of a guy using clear acetate to draw the grid onto the touchpad, so you can see where it’s going to change the sound. I recommend it.

By: Tim Rideout

Tim Rideout — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:55:55 +0000

Actually, the cool about the Kaossilator is that it *doesn’t* have MIDI or USSB or ANYTHING! You actualyl have to play it. Then, when you shut it off, bye bye beats. Start over. Repeat.

By: Tim Rideout

Tim Rideout — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:19:37 +0000

haha – “Mister Shades…” I had forgotten about him. For a real idea what the KAOSSILATOR can do live, check this out:

http://www.timrideout.com/en-article175.html

By: Hyper5nic

Hyper5nic — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:43:45 +0000

I didn’t quite get a good luck at the cool stuff on Mr Shades’ shelves but being an owner of some Electribe-gear myself, i can see some use here. Only thing missing here is a MIDI- or USB-port, bu then again, i guess the sound can be sampled and edtited further in any DAW-environment.