Kaoss Pad 3

glu · Post by **glu** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:19 pm

I guess we will see how pathetic once we see the price.

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:20 pm

I'm kinda curious as to why there is that light grid on the touch pad. it looks as if you could almost use it like a step sequencer or something.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:23 pm

Cool. Kinda looks like atlantic waves

glu · Post by **glu** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:28 pm

too bad you couldn't assign that grid to impulse

joesapo · Post by **joesapo** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:59 pm

I'm kinda curious as to why there is that light grid on the touch pad. it looks as if you could almost use it like a step sequencer or something.

That is so when you press the HOLD key, you know where you left off at.

As an existing KP2 user, I would say that this upgrade is only so/so. Kind of like when Roland came out with the SP-404 sampler from the SP-303. Not a huge increase in features, but nice for certain users.

The biggest plus for the KP3 in my opinion is for traditional DJs. The KP3 will do automatic BPM detection and output MIDI clock...

inis · Post by **inis** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:34 am

I just cant believe they built that light grid into it, but didnt give you the option of easily breaking the pad into different sized buttons for triggering. Sure, you can do it with max and stuff like that, but shit, they could have written that in overnight. The individual lights would just piss me off every time i touched them.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:58 am

I think it looks cool

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:20 pm

joesapo wrote: The KP3 will do automatic BPM detection and output MIDI clock...

So does the KP2. The effect programs also looks pretty much the same. The main difference seems to be sampling capabilities, which sounds cool indeed.

4am · Post by **4am** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:38 pm

for the moment it doesn't look to be in the shops,
i'll try it for sure, but i already own the kp2
and i'm not really sure that i need to change it

joesapo · Post by **joesapo** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:15 pm

So does the KP2.

No, no MIDI clock out on the KP2... In fact, it won't even let clock thru.

The "Effect Tail Slider" is a nice addition. Never liked on my KP2 how it would just kill all sound whenever you switched presets...

snowtires · Post by **snowtires** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:47 pm

i wonder if it's as noisy as the kp2.

computo · Post by **computo** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:47 pm

this isnt that cool.

Aside from some addons that the first kaoss pad should have had, this is no biggie.

The fact that there's no step sequencer despite the lights is retarded.

Leave it to Korg to leave out the key stuff.

PS, whoever wanted area pads for triggering, you can do that in Max.

inis · Post by **inis** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:19 pm

computo wrote:this isnt that cool.

Aside from some addons that the first kaoss pad should have had, this is no biggie.

The fact that there's no step sequencer despite the lights is retarded.

Leave it to Korg to leave out the key stuff.

PS, whoever wanted area pads for triggering, you can do that in Max.

i agree. and ya, i do that in max right now. and its fine. but there are alot of people that would have no clue where to begin with something like that. Its just another thing that could have quickly been implimented.

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:51 pm

It's a long time since I wanted a KP2. I didn't really have the money, and secretly I was also waiting for the new version to arrive...I have to say it looks sexy...

pucklermuskau · Post by **pucklermuskau** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:25 am

i do believe the folks over at creatdigitalmusic have a writeup of the beast which suggests that its a fairly powerful tool, functioning as a 64-beat step sequencer; quote "virtually every single control sends and receives MIDI", which can only be a good thing. My only fear is that the individual pixels may be to small to hit consistantly. Until i get a hands on, the monome has got my main interest in terms of step sequencers...

Kaoss Pad 3

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