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Korg Kaoss Pad 3 KP3

DJ Effect from Korg belonging to the Kaoss Pad series

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Published on 08/10/07 at 12:03
Value For Money : Excellent
Multi-effects CONTRL dynamic effects on an XY pad (I'm telling you anything) / sampler loops or one-shot. Can also serve as Controller MIDI over USB.
All this in a black case with a very good bill, a sense of quality and robustness of the device is DGIG.
-128 Rpart effects in several housing estates, namely: 16 Filters (LP, HP, isolator, radio ...), EQ 2, 12 modulation (Talk filter, ring modulator ...), two cuts, 25 LFOs (flanger, phaser, pan, gate, slicer 16 ...), delays (single, multi-tap, 6 ...), reverse reverbs, 5 granulizers ("destructive of his" playing a buffer way rp 13 ...), you loopers (rptition loop, super fun to use), 7 edition of the effects of samples, synths, vocoders ... I went around.
-Connection: I / O RCA, MIDI in / out, USB, microphone jack, headphone jack, enough, but can be can do better!
Non-rack.

UTILIZATION

Gnrale simple hyper-Config is intuitive, in 10 minutes you're having fun, in 1 hour you identify the main options in one day if you spend time on it you understand it.
Effects-ditables easily through the pad, it is the whole of intrt bte is simple and fun, we touch, slip. Systm The Pad Motion, which allows you to record movements and replay them is nickel and easy to use. BMOL however: the effects each has on offer two paramtres (thus corresponding x and y axis) and it is impossible to CRER its own effects, that is what you want to put in x and y, the effects are prconcus and we take as is, it's a shame, still it is not dramatic either, must keep innovations for KP4, KORG eh? ;)
Regarding the samples, we hold the beat (or pressing the button magnifiqur "auto bpm", which really seems to work well only if the beats are well marked, do not sync the bte like that of Squarepusher) we choose the length of the loop, and sample: it is clean when it is stopped and resumed again on BPM ca ... happiness for a DJ to use transitions in my case I will use ca in one shot for voice samples.
The KP is connectable to the PC via USB (not included ...) to use as MIDI Controller (it works nickel) to edit the presets (eight in all, Obviously it is possible without PC) and to export samples from the PC to the KP3, simple and convenient.
with respect to the recording on the SD is also extremely simple.
-The manual? ben who does not need in fact, that said it is well to look for the two nickel that information comes not find yourself =)

SOUND QUALITY

-The effects are not all worth it to do the sorting, but overall the quality is really to go, it's done, it's fun, the "fx release" which is simply that an echo BPM sync when the finger is removed for a smooth return to normal is handy sometimes, for those who love it can not always turn ... The effects that I like are the loopers, some things and kill many reverbs, filters out their taf bont, the mod and LFO are nice too ... ien There's some good effects against by trs "DJ got bad Saturday Night" Suck a little, it's still trs minority, and even if the FX depth RULES trs fort can not be something right;)
For my part, I use it in SERIES between the output of a mixer and an amp, to influence a PC, an Electribe, a synth ... prvois and I bought a console in the coming days to put an insert and a multi-output sound card to process the individual steals some aspects of my compos electro live.

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using ... A Day =) Not more before posting an opinion? no, I think that's enough, even if I still mastering effects I master all the principles of the BTE and that is enough to give an opinion, right? ;)

Most:

-Easy to use
-Damn, it's fun ...
-The possibility to use MIDI Controller
-The quality of the effects, not mine, it's really not bad for the price (good APRS is not a rack in TC is a DJ and live camera east and not pro, you see what you Reshresh)
It really intuitive sampling
Bon say it's stupid but it has the same face when

the -:

-RCA Connectors
-No possibility to choose what to apply the effect (either line in either sample, and applies basta ca)
Micro-management a little cheap (jack? Not trs pro, XLR would have a small t of good quality ...)

Boarf I know exactly what to add

The nine who pay 320 store I would say yes, really excellent qualitprix Srieusement 360 it's going too, if it had t APRS above ca 400 could have started feeling the abuse. but yes, it's cool, it's worth its price

If I would do the same choice? I really think so