User reviews: Korg Kaoss Pad 3 KP3

05/12/13

bipbipbip3's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " indestructible, versatile"

all is said by my predecessors

the vocoder is not parameterizable

PAD does not like big fingers (while stylus)

MIDI connection is not usable unless a board with a PC and the editor as well go on a damn better editor than the KP3

Utilization

easy config, fast memories, the sampler is a little CH .... relative to that of Kaossilator, the next 2, one can gourer

the Arpegiator is excellent

Sound Quality

what real effects that other saying who find a taste of metal or too digital

it's on, ca not go on the MOZART or SHEILA, but there is little attenuations output and zero latency

LFO filter are my darlings with loopers

Overall Opinion

2 years of intensive use, many thanks to the combined forum because something sells well and emulated. people make an indirect promotion as Beardyman, daftpunk, and dj ...

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05/12/13

JonathanM's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

Characteristics

not bad choice .. lack can be distos and reverb are blah blah but you buy it usually pr ;)

recurring problem as a tablecloth that dirty or disconnected inside ....

heard that many times the symptoms are: touchpad does not react

once you know it is not serious enough to open and reconnect the water (in a good sense;! p)

otherwise it is solid to touch something

Utilization

easy to use, very clear manual, use the sampler nice ... Not good grip in qq minutes away ..

only problem is that you know by heart the banks of effects or a list handy

I used to be the effects on my guitar with a AC30 or as sampler generator crazy sounds with a microphone or other source

Sound Quality

sound quality, realistic effects and sometimes surprising.

Especially one buys a kp for the dose that generates random (or at least that the placement of the finger on the pad causes)

suddenly sometimes not easy to have mastered qqchose of 100% but that's the beauty of her ^ ^

Overall Opinion

3 years I use c the top begins to get a little cum because I talk like my liver but I think it's reliable gear kan even register ..

twelve o'clock nice pr function controler vst

finally the fact that money .. at worst buy OCCAZ it also works

the KAOSS pad is a unique accessory of its kind! not comparable

.. just depends on your needs but it's KAOSS pti zizir!

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04/29/13

Kostra's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Simple but hurts the ears has long"

Characteristics

Already mentioned elsewhere -

Utilization

It's simple, not to say. The edition of the sounds is as easy touch ... The main interest of the beast was indeed in a studio.

Sound Quality

Ben the good, it is therefore Korg protegez your ears. The little machine is made for rave parties or clubs who scoff at the sound quality, provided that the sound is loud.

So outlaw machine in my studio: asymmetriques taken (noise + + + +), degradation of sound quality, delay. An army of plug-ins are and the vast majority sounds better.

But why should I care? To quickly test ideas mainly. Once I have the effect I want, I'm looking for its equivalent in my library of effects (I'm using ProTools & Live) and I forget the eteinds & KP3.

Overall Opinion

The KP3 is a Swiss Army knife sharpens wrong. Its simplicity it somewhat less Pietre quality.

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12/12/12

tagj3r's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

Characteristics

Everything has already been said about it: good effects, number, intelligently classified, 6 batteries (mostly loops), and a 10aine synths (controllable from the KP but also via midi).

In stereo sound (from end to end: stereo inputs, stereo outputs).

I personally use it on a mixer or directly behind an instrument, so I would have preferred I / O jack rather than RCA but it's still a detail.

Utilization

The manual is useless, the beast is very intuitive!

Everything happens very simply, this is where we look for and what is under the fingers. No menu extension, everything is accessible.

You can even connect what you want to trigger midi effects.

(PS: Well I confess, I can not remember the manipulation to realign the sampled loops back to the rhythm ... but whenever I go back mn small manual I say "oh yes it is true, that makes sense ")

Sound Quality

DJ effects are typed (that is to say, to me they sound even better on the overall mix on a particular instrument).

I use it mainly on my mix as well, but also live in groups (I put our instrumentals in a mixer and I send all the Kaoss Pad, which re-enters a portion of the console).

Finally, I also used to play alone, usually in my ass piano (Nord Stage Ex). It usually starts with a drum loop of Kaoss, I add a bass line on the piano, then a layer of Wurlitzer to fill, and then I keep the fourth "track" to save the Kaoss stuff voice. By turning you say "go, just 5 min." 2h after you're still trying to have fun.

Sup detail: the stereo makes it very very well.

Overall Opinion

I use it for more than 2 years. As it was not really a direct competitor I tried other models in the range (KP1, KP2, and miniKP KPQuad), but this is by far my favorite!

The value is a safe bet, and I will not have to redo this choice because I do not divide them. Moreover, secondhand, we see not the masses. Proof that once there, you do not let go.

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10/01/12

houseboy's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " gogo gadget pad"

Characteristics

mfx digital ..

Utilization

ultra simple interface, ergonomics top. effective.

the kaoss pad seems to be a gimmick, I bought it by chance on a whim .. no regrets.

he just changed the way I work my live electro-house .. associated with mpc, it also controls via midi (mpc on bone dd 2XL!) is really cool.

Sound Quality

it sounds as presets korg .. digital mainstream. but not editable parameters, so we made do.

are quite a few effects which I do not use it (128 fx in all), sounds "synth" are for me very insufficient, I would have liked the sounds of the KAOSSILATOR included with customizable scales .. but hey, you have to buy one too .. kp I suddenly control of waveform in the mpc midi with KP, and there is nickel. japan jenius thank you!

Overall Opinion

I use it for 6 months. 9a looks tough, no prob.

for me:

MPC 1 + 1 = KAOSSPAD minimal kit to make live electro, solid and reliable, and that fits in a bag! (Well, need to add a rack of compressors sidechainer and also compress the overall mix .. it's been a bag and a suitcase.)

short, I like.

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08/15/12

thc musik's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " a good multi-effects ..."

Characteristics

kaosspad includes the effects alone has the most "known" in several versions: delay, reverb, closures, echo, vocorder, synth, rhythm, ect ect.il n sampler also allows any source is equipped sonore.le KAOSS editor of a pc gold mac.le KAOSS is technlogie numerique.il is small, easily transportable, solid connectivity with midi in / out.

Utilization

Very easy to use, you run your finger pads on the beautiful light and all is well.

the manual seemed pretty clear but I really do not need.

Sound Quality

The different effects are good, you can do what we want, integrate them in several styles of music: dub, techno, housemusic, minimal, reggae, ect ...

I especially like using the multi-effects: I plug in either a direct line of my technics turntables, a synth, a drum machine and sends the effects on my sound source.

J uses the above delay, the effects of closures, glitches ...

J likes least the "instrument" with synth rhythms, too limited ... but hey, do not c why.

Overall Opinion

I used the last few years already and I m tired of it, is easy c, c is practical, it looks good, you can add him n any sound source, you can sample with I n uses no computer not the editor that comes with it but I find MIDI with the sampling not terrible, I have the lag ... BUT I Repette I use exclusively in multi-effects should not ask too much for sampling groovebox roland j have my 808 which done his job perfectly.

Good value for money has bought cologne for second hand 290 then ...

I would do surely this choice, the biggest one in there ...

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08/14/12

sai RastaO's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Multi Effects - Multi Function"

Characteristics

see data sheet

Utilization

use is very simple, the manual is clear and is used primarily for the sampling function

Sound Quality

I am far from having toured the effects, but the sound quality of those I've used is very good, I use it to on my mixer and setting out the send / return we can make very subtle effects.

on the other hand should not 'expect the realistic, the KP3 is for everything electronic / experimental

instruments are mostly in passing my electribes (emx esx and Others) but I have also done testing with my voice and other acoustic instruments in both cases, I nursed very satisfied with the result.

Overall Opinion

I use it for some months, and I am far from having made the rounds of potential (not yet tested the sampling function).

what I like most is well on the touch pad that offers a very good ergonomics and allows for live improvisations / egg experiments.

I find the proper value for money rather seen the number of available effects and sampler, can be competition offers superior sound quality but the number of effects is often limited and then the touch pad provides a more significant

I will ever experience with this choice without hesitation

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08/13/12

buzzmansai's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " good animal"

Characteristics

effects?

ben is a little essence of the machine,

there are a lot, all the airship finger on the touchpad ...

I refer you to the data sheet at korg

Filters:

LPF (Low Pass Filter)

HPF (High Pass Filter)

BPF + (Band Pass Filter +)

72dB/oct LPF

LPF & Delay

HPF & Delay

BPF + & Delay

LPF & Reverb

HPF & Reverb

BPF + & Reverb

Morphing Filter

Radio Filter

Isolators:

Radio Isolator

Isolator, Isolator & Distortion

Isolator & Delay

Modulation effects:

Jet (Manual Flanger)

Manual Phaser

Filter talk

Digi Talk

Ring Mod & HPF

Pitch Shifter & HPF

Mid Pitch Shifter

Pitch Shifter & Delay

Broken Modulation

Distortion and Decimation

Fuzz Distortion

Decimator

Decimator & HPF

Slicing effects:

Slicer, Mid Slicer

Slicer & LPF

Slicer & HPF LFO-based effects:

LFO LPF

LFO HPF

LFO BPF +

LFO HPF + & Delay

Infinite LFO HPF +

Random LFO LPF

Random LFO HPF +

Flanger

Deep Flanger

Mid Flanger

Flanger & LPF

Flanger & Delay

Infinite LFO Flanger

Phaser

Mid Phaser

Phaser & Delay

Step Phaser

Auto Pan

Mid Auto Pan

Delays and reverbs:

Delay

Smooth Delay

Low Cut Delay

Ping Pong Delay

LCR Delay

3 band Delay

Multi Tap Delay

BPF Time Slide

Reverse Delay & HPF

Reverse Delay Mix

Gate Reverb & Delay

Delay & Reverb

Tape Echo

Dub Echo

Echo feedback

Reverb

Reverb 2

Spring Reverb

Gate Reverb

Reverse Gate Reverb

3 band Gate Reverb

Grain shifters:

Grain Shifter

Mid Grain Shifter

Mid Grain Shifter +

Grain & HPF

Grain & HPF +

Sample handling:

Looper Forward / Reverse

Vinyl Looper

Rewind Spin Looper

Looper & LPF

Looper & HPF

Looper & Flanger

Looper & pitch shifter

Looper & Decimator

Looper Isolator & HPF

Looper & Isolator +

Bass Looper

Looper & Oscillator

Looper & Noise

Synths and drums:

Unison Saw Bass

Unison Squ Bass

Unison Saw Synth

Unison Squ Synth

Metalic Synth

Siren

LFO Sin

LFO Squ

Noise, Synth & Looper

Vocoding:

Vocoder

Vocoder M7

... besides that, you can sample ...

Part sampler is pretty good, although limited to four pads

you can resample, loop or one-shot, to grind a little sample ...

okay, this is ...

it can easily add pep to a com ...

connectors?

Inputs:

Mic (1/4 ") with trim knob

Line In L, R (RCA)

Outputs:

Headphone (1/4 "Stereo) with volume

Line Out L, R (RCA)

USB:

Type B

MIDI:

IN / OUT

Data Storage:

SD Card

Utilization

very ... simple ... use ...

the manual is very clear, it must be read ... then read it again if need is not very complicated ...

we get out quickly without, it is very intuitive as machine ...

Sound Quality

good, there are few things that I almost never use, but I think it's a matter of taste ...

eg synth ', which are relatively horrible for me ...

some effects that are not suited to what I do ...

but overall, I completely broke, it's a great asset in a set with drum machine / synth / sampler ...

for now I use it with a electribe, which is accompanied by a midi keyboard ...

synchronize the three fingers in the nose ... too easy ...

Overall Opinion

So it makes a 1/2 years that I have this KP3 ...

I have not tried any models before, this is wrong ... I know ... ^ ^

but ok, I'm not disappointed at all ...

the most:

all effects within range of wheel

ways to save on its preset SD

intuitive to death

fun

the least:

in just over a sequencer and samples were top, but do not push it either ... ^ ^

I do not see too much "less" actually

the value for money?

This is the Korg, it's honest, this is not the best quality but it's not the most expensive either ...

after you must know that the beast has a metal shell, although robust ... casually ...

I will ever choose a KP3 without hesitation, but I would have done after completing my set of other things ...

I might have bought a sampler first, and only after the KP3 ...

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07/15/12

Spawn-X's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Hack of Fingertip"

Characteristics

-What impact or effect types available?

See data sheet. It would take too long to list everything so that the listing is complete in the manual of the machine.

-Are they editable?

The question is not fully adapted to this machine. In fact, the effects are not really editable in the sense that it is usually understood when talking about multi-fx. However, the Pavet touch is there to drive in real time some parameters depending on the effect activated. The goal is clear, to vary the live audio processing chosen.

Via an editor-Mac / PC?

There is indeed a software publisher. But again, it does not "edit" but the effects to set the machinery in respect of such organization of presets, management of samples (yes, because the KP3 has a "small" sampler loops), or the configuration of the MIDI messages that can issue the KP for example when moving the finger on the touchscreen (by far the feature that is most useful to me, but I'll).

-Is it a rack or rack-mount model?

See photo. Machine in the console. But hey, it is always possible to Racker by fiddling a bit ... ;)

-What technology is used? (Analog, digital, tube ...)

Digital course ... ;)

-What is the connection? (Audio / MIDI)

Again, the sheet is more eloquent. ;)

I can do all of m ^ m give a little advice as to the audio cabling. Indeed, the KP is at the base rather developed for use intended for DJs, the format is chosen RCA connector which is not necessarily the best choice as possible when using, like me, the KP in another context that the DJing.

Utilization

-The general configuration is simple?

Frankly, there's nothing very complicated in this machine.

The sound-editing or effects is easy?

See above.

-The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Yes.

Sound Quality

The effects-are they effective, responsive and realistic enough?

Some are anecdotal where others are clearly tailored to use touch. Filters, for example, though far from analogue standards, are very great job. The typical effect slicer is really nice too if only one manages to properly synchronize the on BPM.

-Which instruments do you use?

This is where it goes bad. I MIDIfié guitarist. C-to-d that I play on both the stuff of guitar for guitar sounds traditional, but both on the guitar to MIDI converter that allows me to control the synth. In this case I believe a Nord Modular G2 Engine that I use as well as synth like effect. This is where the KP makes sense in my system since I use it occasionally as an effect, but more favorably as a MIDI controller. And there, it's pretty cool. I also uses a Switchblade GL which is both a router and an audio mixer and allows me to connect all my machines in any order and change it on the fly. Thus, for example, sometimes I often use my Boss RC-50 looper to record a guitar part, synth, or otherwise, then, change the audio routing without cutting the loop and register to be able to apply treatments the KP3. In short, a beautiful gas plant where KP is the good place. But you'll understand that my use of the KP is rather remote from the ordinary use.

Overall Opinion

-How long you use it?

Since August 2007.

-What is so special that you love the most, least?

The pros:

- Of course, touch the side that puts the effect at the end of our finger. It is made for it after all.

- The format desk is not so bad on a pedalboard or on a movable platform in a rack.

- The control functions of external devices via MIDI. When one has a multi-fx more serious, use the KP as a pure MIDI controller without m ^ m connect the audio can be a great calculation.

The -:

- Clearly, this fucking FX RELEASE adding a delay locked on the BPM to supposedly melt the end of the effect in the sound is dry when the finger touch pad. Ultimately, this delay is not necessarily bad or inappropriate. But the problem is that we can not definitively squizer by preset or preset so that it always comes back after reignition of the KP. A bit annoying ...

- The questionable quality of some effects that are sometimes also largely dispensable.

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Korg Kaoss Pad 3 KP3

Korg Kaoss Pad 3 KP3 user reviews ( 7/10) - 34 user reviews

JimboSpins's review "Tons of effects and they are all usable "

bipbipbip3's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " indestructible, versatile"

JonathanM's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

Kostra's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Simple but hurts the ears has long"

tagj3r's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

houseboy's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " gogo gadget pad"

thc musik's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " a good multi-effects ..."

sai RastaO's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Multi Effects - Multi Function"

buzzmansai's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " good animal"

Spawn-X's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Hack of Fingertip"