Korg Introduces Kaossilator Pro
Korg has introduced the addition of the KAOSSILATOR PRO, a dynamic phrase synthesizer/loop recorder, to the KAOSS family.
The KAOSSILATOR PRO is a touchpad-based synthesizer with a wide range of built-in sounds designed to fit a variety of musical genres: techno, hip-hop, house, as well as sounds built for acoustic instruments.
Korg Kaossilator
The KAOSSILATOR PRO’s features are optimized for improvised live performances and quality production. Among them are an X-Y touchpad with precision control that covers 31 musical scales. It can be used in unison with the Gate Arpeggiator, based on Korg’s Electribe products, to create set grooves.
There are 200 programs on the KAOSSILATOR PRO comprised of fifteen vocoder programs that can process and record external audio sources for creative effects. It also contains eight memory keys that allow instant recall of favorite programs, as well as superior PCM (pulse code modulation) samples that emulate realistic drum sounds.
The synthesizer has four Loop Recorder Banks that allow up to four-bar looped phrases in real time with unlimited layering and overdubbing, for DJ-like performances. The external audio signals that run through the internal vocoder can also be looped.
The KAOSSILATOR PRO comes with stereo inputs, outputs (RCA Pairs), an unbalanced ¼” microphone input, and a ¼” headphone jack on the front panel. As a MIDI controller, all the MIDI data produced can be saved to SD storage cards and easily transferred to a computer via a USB.
The Korg KAOSSILATOR PRO will be available in May 2010. KAOSSILATOR PRO owners can download the Editor software free of charge from http://www.korg.com.