Product Description for the Korg KP3 Kaoss Pad

KAOSS Pad to the Third! Korg's KAOSS Pad technology has been embraced by DJs, musicians and producers alike. No other interface is as intuitive, immediate or just plain fun to use. By simply touching, tapping or sliding your finger over the touchpad, the all-new Korg KP3 is a powerful effects sampler that allows you to control multiple effects parameters and manipulate samples in real time. On stage or in the studio, these gestures and moves can become truly powerful and expressive performance elements. More than a processor, the KP3 is a complete instrument allowing you to manage, recall, and play back samples; sample on the fly; and add dynamic processing to any audio signal or to the samples themselves. The KP3 is an effects sampler with 128 exciting effects, ranging from traditional effects such as delays, flangers and reverbs, to exciting new effects, like grain shifter, decimator, analog style filter with a tone-bending drive circuit and EQs controllable directly from the pad.

The KP3 features Korg's KAOSS technology, allowing the X-Y touch pad to control multiple effect parameters in realtime. Simply touch, tap and/or rub your finger across the surface of the touch pad. A pro- tective sheet to preserve the touch pad sur- face is included.

Internally, the KP3 holds 128 effect programs, ranging from delays and filters to vocoders and even synthesizers. Pad Motion, Hold and Mute features add even more versatility to the touch pad control. Your eight favorite programs can be modi- fied and saved to the Program Memory buttons for quick access.

Our new FX Release function can auto- matically provide a delay effect when you remove your hand from the touch pad, making it easier to perform smooth transi- tions during a performance.

In addition, the KP3 is also a sophisticated sampler. Both Mic and Line inputs are pro-vided, allowing you to sample from a vari- ety of audio sources. Resampling allows you to record the output of the KP3 itself, as well as to sample incoming signals through the onboard effects. Both Loop and One -Shot samples can be recorded and played from the Sample Bank buttons. Sample editing tools provide automatic sample slicing, and the start point of the loop can be manually adjusted to keep your samples in sync. Auto-BPM detect, MIDI Clock and Tap Tempo keep sample playback speed and tempo-based effects moving together. Samples and setting can be saved to Secure Digital (SD) cards, or saved to a computer via USB and reloaded quickly.

Trip The Light Fantastic

The new pad lighting system of the KP3 DJ effects sampler provides visual cues for the current program, held position, and more - it can even scroll a custom message! This interface offers a whole new level of operator interaction.

Sync'd Up

The KP3 effects sampler's Auto BPM circuit derives tempo information from a turntable or CD player and can sync effects to play in perfect timing, while providing MIDI clock to other devices.

A DJ Effects Sampler Beyond Effects

Instant drum grooves and RADIAS-inspired vocoder and synthesizer sounds can also be played on the X/Y pad, and, they can be synced to tempo just like the effects.

Capture Contraption

Sampling and effects are integrated completely, so you can sample through the effects, and even resample the output to create powerful, multi-element sounds. Plus, you can sample and resample the synths and drums within the unit KAOSSILATOR style, to create musical phrases on the fly!

Save Yourself!

The KP3 offers a Secure Digital (SD) port, for loading and saving your sample data.

Software Sample Editor

An editor/librarian program is included with the KP3 effects sampler so you can build libraries of samples and edit them using your computer (via USB).